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Thermoelectric transport in heterogeneous medium: the role of thermal boundary resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2012

F. Hao ,
D.N. Fang  and
J.Y. Li
F. Hao
Affiliation:
AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
D.N. Fang*
Affiliation:
AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China LTCS, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100087, P.R. China
J.Y. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2600, USA
*
ae-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

To investigate the effect of thermal boundary resistance (TBR) on thermoelectric transport, the discontinuity in temperature is considered at the interface through Kapitza’s definition. The effect depends on two factors: the length of thermoelectric element and the value of TBR. More importantly, it is found that TBR has dramatic impact on the reduction in thermoelectric conversion efficiency, which decays exponentially with increasing TBR. The ratio of thermal boundary resistance to the length of thermoelectric element leading to the decrease of effective Seebeck coefficient largely accounts for the degradation of thermoelectric performance at the micro-scale.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , 30901
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© EDP Sciences, 2012

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