Tags: thermoelectricity/thermoelectrics

Description

Thermoelectricity/thermoelectrics is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa. This energy converstion is the results of the Seebeck effect (for heat to electricity) and the Peltier effect (for voltage difference to cooling).

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  1. 2010 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up

    Workshops | 18 Jan 2011

    Electronics from the Bottom Up seeks to bring a new perspective to electronic devices – one that is designed to help realize the opportunities that nanotechnology presents.

  2. 2011 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up

    Workshops | 20 Jul 2011

    click on image for larger versionAlumni Discussion Group: LinkedIn

  3. A physics-based compact model for thermoelectric devices

    Papers | 03 Sep 2015 | Contributor(s):: Kyle Conrad

    Thermoelectric devices have a wide variety of potential applications including as coolers, temperature regulators, power generators, and energy harvesters. During the past decade or so, new thermoelectric materials have been an active area of research. As a result, several new high figure of...

  4. ab initio Model for Mobility and Seebeck coefficient using Boltzmann Transport (aMoBT) equation

    Tools | 11 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s):: Alireza Faghaninia, Joel Ager (editor), Cynthia S Lo (editor)

    ab initio electronic transport model to calculate low-field electrical mobility and Seebeck coefficient of semiconductors in Boltzmann transport framework.

  5. Advanced Thermoelectric Power Generation Simulator for Waste Heat Recovery and Energy Harvesting

    Tools | 30 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s):: Je-Hyeong Bahk, Kevin Margatan, Kaz Yazawa, Ali Shakouri

    Tool to simulate thermoelectric power generation device/system with temperature-dependent material properties for waste heat recovery and wearable energy harvesting

  6. Carrier Transport at the Nanoscale

    Courses | 27 Nov 2007 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Fall 2007Note: A more current teaching of this course with online lectures is available as ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2011).This is a course about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport at the nanoscale. After a brief review basic concepts, the...

  7. Developing a machine learning tool to optimize thermal transport

    Presentation Materials | 14 Aug 2018 | Contributor(s):: Adam Sandor Garrett, proycho, Xiulin Ruan, creynolds

    The purpose of this tool is to optimize SiGe super-lattices to have the lowest possible thermal conductivity. This poster describes the processes used in the tool and how it impacts thermoelectrics.

  8. Dynmical Models for Thermopower

    Online Presentations | 19 Apr 2012 | Contributor(s):: Giulio Casati

    Dynamical nonlinear systems provide a new approach to the old problem of increasing the efficiency of thermoelectric machines. Here we discuss stylized models of classical dynamics, including non interacting complex molecules in an ergodic billiard, a disordered hardpoint gas and systems with...

  9. E304 L7.2.2: Nanoscale Heat Transfer - Application: Thermoelectric Generators

    Online Presentations | 06 May 2016 | Contributor(s):: Mehmet Cevdet Ozturk, ASSIST ERC

  10. ECE 656 Lecture 10: Thermoelectric Effects - (Electronic) Heat Flow

    Online Presentations | 26 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Outline:IntroductionHeat transport by current flowMathematical formulationDiscussionSummary

  11. ECE 656 Lecture 11: Coupled Current Equations and Thermoelectric Devices

    Online Presentations | 23 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Outline:IntroductionCoupled flow equationsThermoelectric devicesDiscussionSummary

  12. ECE 656 Lecture 15: Solving the BTE - General Solution for B = 0

    Online Presentations | 06 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    General solution 2) Current equation 3) Coupled current equations 4) The RTA 5) Summary

  13. ECE 656 Lecture 41: Transport in a Nutshell

    Online Presentations | 21 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

  14. ECE 656 Lecture 8: Thermoelectric Effects

    Online Presentations | 27 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Outline:IntroductionOne energy level formulationDistribution of energy levelsDiscussionSummary

  15. ECE 656 Lecture 9: Thermoelectric Effects - Charge Flow

    Online Presentations | 23 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Outline:IntroductionCharge transport in a temperature gradientMathematical formulationDiscussionSummary

  16. ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2011)

    Courses | 29 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    This course is about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport in nanoscale devices. The objective is to develop a broad understanding of basic concepts. The course is designed for those who work on electronic materials and devices – whether they are...

  17. ECE 659 Lecture 33: Thermoelectricity

    Online Presentations | 16 Apr 2009 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta

  18. Fundamentals of Current Flow

    Papers | 30 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta

    Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern smartphone, powered by a billion-plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms long. The same amazing technology has also led to a deeper understanding of the nature of current flow and heat...

  19. Heat Under the Microscope: Uncovering the Microscopic Processes that Govern Thermal Transport

    Online Presentations | 04 Oct 2016 | Contributor(s):: Austin Minnich

    In this talk, I will describe our efforts to uncover the microscopic processes that govern thermal transport by phonons. In particular, I will describe how our advances in computation and experiment have enabled the first direct measurements of thermal phonon transmission coefficients at solid...

  20. Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 10: Thermal and Electric Conduction in Nanostructures

    Online Presentations | 07 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

    Thermal and Electric Conduction in Nanostructures Topics: Back to Constitutive Equations Coupled Heat and Electron Conduction Thermoelectric Cooling Principle of Thermoelectric Effect Comparison of Different Materials Challenges in Efficiency Nanoscale Thermoelectricity