Thermoelectric materials - Compromising between high efficiency and materials abundance

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 324-331

  Homm, G ^a   Klar, P J ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sustainability; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; DECISION MATRICES; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; HEAT OF COMBUSTION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL BRANCHES; NICHE APPLICATIONS; PASSENGER COMPARTMENT; PBTE; PELTIER COOLING; REGENERATIVE ENERGY; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SELECTION CRITERIA; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRICS; ZNO;

AIR ENGINES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BISMUTH; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY HARVESTING; HEAT ENGINES; RESEARCH; SENSORS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE INCINERATION; ZINC OXIDE;

MATERIALS;

EID: 80052285175     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201105084     Document Type: Article

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