DOI: 10.1063/1.349830. Thermoelectric properties of a composite medium

Thermoelectric properties of a composite medium

10.1063/1.349830

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Abstract

We study the thermoelectric properties of a composite medium. Various approximations are developed for calculating the matrix Q̂e of the bulk effective transport coefficients of the medium, including exact upper and lower bounds for Q̂e under various conditions. Results are especially detailed for two-component composites, where a field decoupling transformation is used to reduce the thermoelectric problem to two uncoupled quasi-conductivity problems. Exact bounds are then obtained for the absolute thermopower αe and the thermoelectric figure of merit Ze in two-component composites. We prove that Ze of the composite can never exceed the largest value of Z in any component. Some of these results are extended to certain classes of multicomponent composites.

Bibliography

Bergman, D. J., & Levy, O. (1991). Thermoelectric properties of a composite medium. Journal of Applied Physics, 70(11), 6821â6833.

Authors 2

David J. Bergman (first)
Ohad Levy (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 9:07 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 4, 2024, 9:42 a.m.)
Indexed	4 weeks ago (July 25, 2025, 6:35 a.m.)
Issued	33 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1991)
Published	33 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1991)
Published Print	33 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1991)

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BibTeX

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