Revisit of Thermoelectric Efficiency and Figure-of-Merit

Abstract:

Thermoelectric efficiency power generation represented based on the transportation equations obtained under different physical boundary conditions in the present investigation. The figure-of-merit and power factor derived from optimizing thermoelectric efficiency and maximizing power output. It is interesting to note that the maximum output power reached when the load resistance was the thermoelectric adiabatic resistance, while the optimized thermoelectric efficiency responded the isothermal resistance. The possible approach to characterizing these thermoelectric parameters proposed in the present investigation.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 787)
• Pages: 195-197
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.787.195
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Chun Lei Wang*, Yuan Hu Zhu, Wen Bin Su, Jian Liu, Ji Chao Li
• Keywords: Boundary Conditions, Figure-of-Merit, Thermoelectric Efficiency

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