High-accuracy direct ZT and intrinsic properties measurement of thermoelectric couple devices

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kraemer, D ^a   Chen, G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BULK THERMOELECTRIC BI; DIFFERENTIAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC COUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84898465861     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: 10897623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4870278     Document Type: Article

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