Synthesis and characterization of new ceramic thermoelectrics implemented in a thermoelectric oxide module

0349643 - FZÚ 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Tomeš, P. - Robert, R. - Trottmann, M. - Bocher, L. - Aguirre, M.H. - Bitschi, A. - Hejtmánek, Jiří - Weidenkaff, A.
Synthesis and characterization of new ceramic thermoelectrics implemented in a thermoelectric oxide module.
Journal of Electronic Materials. Roč. 39, č. 9 (2010), 1696-1703. ISSN 0361-5235. E-ISSN 1543-186X
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521
Keywords : thermoelectric materials * perovskites * power generation * oxide ceramics * micro-IR camera measurement
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism
Impact factor: 1.421, year: 2010

The foreseeable decline of fossil-fuel resources is promoting growing interest in renewable energy technologies such as solar energy converters and heat recovery techniques. The manufacturing industry, automobiles, and thermal power plants lose a lot of energy to heat, which could be recovered and converted to electricity by a new generation of improved thermoelectric (TE) devices. TE converters directly convert this heat into electricity. The advantage of thermoelectric modules compared with mechanical or chemical energy conversion technologies such as Stirling engines, Rankine cycles, and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC)1 is that they do not involve moving parts and operate unfueled. Therefore, low-maintenance TE modules rank among the most promising energy conversion technologies.
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