The self-compatibility effect in graded thermoelectric cooler elements

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 210, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1407-1417

  Seifert, Wolfgang ^a   Snyder, G Jeffrey ^b   Toberer, Eric S ^c   Goupil, Christophe ^d   Zabrocki, Knud ^e   Müller, Eckhard ^e,f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE CRISMAT   (France)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

thermoelectric coolers; thermoelectric effects

Indexed keywords

PELTIER COOLERS; STATE VARIABLES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER; THOMSON;

COOLING SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84881381584     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228741     Document Type: Article

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