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Thermoelectrics for High Temperatures: A Survey of State of the Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Harald Böttner
Harald Böttner*
Affiliation:
harald.boettner@ipm.fraunhofer.de, Fraunhofer IPM, TES, Heidenhofstr. 8, Freiburg, 79110, Germany, #49-761-8857121
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Abstract

A survey of state of the art of the development of high temperature materials is presented and will be discussed in comparison to the situation in the 1990th. An attempt will be made to assess the state of the art of the materials thermoelectric properties, their technical level, and possible potential for standardized device technology. Also a first assessment based on current commodity prices for some important thermoelectric compounds will be made. As a roundup advantages and drawbacks for some classical and upcoming compounds will be given. The main challenges, which will have to be overcome to finally enable thermoelectric power generation as a recycling technology of “nomadic” energy, will be summarized. As a result, thermoelectrics should play an important role in the field of green energies.

Keywords

thermoelectricthermal conductivityenergy generation
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1166: Symposium N – Materials and Devices for Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion , 2009 , 1166-N01-01
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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