Search for non-equilibrium thermoelectrics

SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

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Article

Terasaki, Ichiro¹  Okazaki, Ryuji²  Ohta, Hiromichi³ 

[1] Nagoya Univ, Dept Appl Phys, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan

[2] Tokyo Univ Sci, Fac Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Noda, Chiba 2788510, Japan

[3] Hokkaido Univ, Res Inst Elect Sci, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0010020, Japan

关键词: Thermoelectrics;    Non-equilibrium steady state;    Strongly correlated electrons;    Photo-doping;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.04.033

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Since thermoelectrics is an energy-conversion technology from heat flow to electrical flow, or vice versa, it is essentially a non-equilibrium phenomenon in the sense that energy and particle flows are involved. We have recently focused on this feature in order to overcome theoretical predictions of the upper limit of the conversion efficiency in thermal equilibrium conditions. One trial is the thermoelectric phenomena in the range of non-ohmic conduction. The second approach is the thermoelectric phenomena shown by the photo-doped carriers. (c) 2015 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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