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dc.creatorQian, Bosen
dc.creatorRen, Fei
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-15T13:29:05Z
dc.date.available2020-04-15T13:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-16
dc.identifier.citationQian, B.; Ren, F. Transverse Thermoelectricity in Fibrous Composite Materials. Energies 2017, 10, 1006.
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/18
dc.description.abstractTransverse thermoelectric elements have the potential to decouple the electric current and the heat flow, which could lead to new designs of thermoelectric devices. While many theoretical and experimental studies of transverse thermoelectricity have focused on layered structures, this work examines composite materials with aligned fibrous inclusions. A simplified mathematical model was derived based on the Kirchhoff Circuit Laws (KCL), which were used to calculate the equivalent transport properties of the composite structures. These equivalent properties, including Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity, compared well with finite element analysis (FEA) results. Peltier cooling performance was also examined using FEA, which exhibited good agreement to KCL model predictions. In addition, a survey was conducted on selected combinations of thermoelectric materials and metals to rank their transverse thermoelectricity with respect to the dimensionless figure of merit.
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofOpen Access Publishing Fund (OAPF)
dc.relation.haspartEnergies, Vol. 10, Issue 7
dc.relation.isreferencedbyMDPI
dc.rightsAttribution CC BY
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subjectTransverse thermoelectricity
dc.subjectComposite materials
dc.subjectFiber inclusion
dc.subjectPeltier cooling
dc.subjectSeebeck coefficient
dc.subjectElectrical conductivity
dc.subjectThermal conductivity
dc.subjectFigure of merit
dc.titleTransverse Thermoelectricity in Fibrous Composite Materials
dc.typeText
dc.type.genreJournal article
dc.description.departmentMechanical Engineering
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en10071006
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dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. College of Engineering
dc.description.sponsorTemple University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund, 2016-2017 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-8868-4536
dc.temple.creatorQian, Bosen
dc.temple.creatorRen, Fei
refterms.dateFOA2020-04-15T13:29:06Z


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