Thermoelectric properties and efficiency measurements under large temperature differences

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Muto, A ^a   Kraemer, D ^a   Hao, Q ^a   Ren, Z F ^b   Chen, G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS FIGURE OF MERIT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MEASURED PROPERTIES; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE ELEMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TESTING CONDITIONS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 70349696454     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3212668     Document Type: Article

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