A review of thermoelectric cooling: Materials, modeling and applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 15-24

  Zhao, Dongliang ^a   Tan, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Application; Modeling; Thermoelectric cooling; Thermoelectric material

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894518330     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.074     Document Type: Review

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