On a carbon nanostructure-based thermoelectric converter with record parameters
- Authors: Eidelman E.D.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Ioffe Institute
- St. Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy
- Issue: Vol 51, No 7 (2017)
- Pages: 906-908
- Section: XV International Conference “Thermoelectrics and Their Applications—2016”, St. Petersburg, November 15–16, 2016
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7826/article/view/200379
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782617070089
- ID: 200379
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Abstract
There is a new idea to enhance the Seebeck coefficient using electron drag by a heat flux and decrease the thermal conductivity by heat dissipation at the interfaces between graphite- and diamond-like areas in a composite formed from carbon nanostructures. The proposed thermoelectric converter is based on a thin (20–50 nm) graphite-like layer located at an ultra-short distance from the diamond-like area. According to estimation, a thermoelectric power higher than in the case of diffusion by a factor of 103 can be attained. Under ideal conditions, this allows a room-temperature thermoelectric efficiency of 150 to be obtained. The results of investigations within project no. 16-19-00075 of the Russian Science Foundation are substantiated.
About the authors
E. D. Eidelman
Ioffe Institute; St. Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy
Author for correspondence.
Email: Eidelman@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021; St. Petersburg, 197022