nanoHUB-U: Thermoelectricity: From Atoms to Systems

nanoHUB-U: Thermoelectricity: From Atoms to Systems

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  • Lecture 5.5: Ideal Thermoelectrics, Carnot vs. Curzon-Ahlborn limits, Some open questions 1. Lecture 5.5: Ideal Thermoelect… 0
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  • Carnot Cycle (reversible) 2. Carnot Cycle (reversible) 54.054054054054056
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  • Carnot efficiency for heat engines 3. Carnot efficiency for heat eng… 97.130463797130474
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  • Curzon-Ahlborn Limit 4. Curzon-Ahlborn Limit 185.81915248581916
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  • The Best Thermoelectric 5. The Best Thermoelectric 276.00934267600934
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  • Physics of reversible thermoelectrics 6. Physics of reversible thermoel… 298.36503169836504
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  • Physics of reversible thermoelectrics 7. Physics of reversible thermoel… 460.89422756089425
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  • Thermodynamic analysis of single level thermoelectrics 8. Thermodynamic analysis of sing… 491.358024691358
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  • TE efficiency at maximum power (level broadening) Nakpathomkun et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 235428, 2010 9. TE efficiency at maximum power… 536.36970303636974
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  • Efficiency at maximum output power 10. Efficiency at maximum output p… 642.07540874207541
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  • TE vs. conventional refrigerator 11. TE vs. conventional refrigerat… 784.08408408408411
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  • Energy density propagation in TE materials 12. Energy density propagation in … 933.36670003336678
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  • SiGe/Si superlattice thermal conductivity 13. SiGe/Si superlattice thermal c… 1067.2339005672338
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  • Phonon minibands in SiGe superlattices 14. Phonon minibands in SiGe super… 1175.1751751751751
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  • SiGe/Si superlattice thermal conductivity 15. SiGe/Si superlattice thermal c… 1256.8902235568903
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  • SiGe/Si superlattice thermal conductivity 16. SiGe/Si superlattice thermal c… 1299.4994994994995
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  • Miniature Refrigerator 17. Miniature Refrigerator 1312.5792459125794
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  • Second Law of Thermodynamics? 18. Second Law of Thermodynamics? 1327.660994327661
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  • Week 5: Lecture 5 Summary 19. Week 5: Lecture 5 Summary 1359.3593593593594
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L5.5: Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and physics - Ideal Thermoelectrics, Carnot vs. Curzon-Ahlborn limits, Some open questions

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