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Enhancement Of Power Factor In A Thermoelectric Composite With A Periodic Microstructure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Leonid G. Fel ,
Yakov M. Strelniker  and
David J. Bergman
Leonid G. Fel
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Yakov M. Strelniker
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
David J. Bergman
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Abstract

The thermoelectric power factor has been calculated for a two-constituent composite medium, where one constituent is a “high quality thermoelectric” while the other constituent is a “benign metal”, with large electrical and thermal conductivities but poor thermoelectric properties. It was recently discovered that, in such a mixture, the power factor could be greatly enhanced by an appropriate choice of microstructure. Here we report on a study of three periodic microstructures with cubic point symmetry under rotations: simple cubic (SC), body centered cubic (BCC), and face centered cubic (FCC) arrays of identical spheres of the benign metal embedded in the high quality thermoelectric host. We show detailed results for these microstructures in the case where the benign metal constituent is Copper, while the high quality thermoelectric constituent is the thermoelectric alloy (Bi2Te3)0.2 (Sb2Te3)0.8.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 626: Symposium Z – Thermoelectric Materials 2000 - The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications , 2000 , Z6.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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