Thermoelectric oxide modules (TOMs) for the direct conversion of simulated solar radiation into electrical energy

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2801-2814

  Tomeš, Petr ^a   Trottmann, Matthias ^a   Suter, Clemens ^b   Aguirre, Myriam Heidi ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^b,c   Haueter, Philipp ^b   Weidenkaff, Anke ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Modelling; Radiation; Solar; Thermoelectric converter; Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY CONVERSIONS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SIMULATED SOLAR RADIATIONS; SOLAR; TEMPERATURE STABLE; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER; THERMOELECTRIC OXIDES;

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; SUN; THERMOELECTRICITY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79956123331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3042801     Document Type: Article

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