2011/10/31 by Y. Apertet, Henni Ouerdane, H. Ouerdane +2 · 20 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices #Composite material #Condensed matter physics #Conductance #Current (fluid) #Electric current #Electrical current #Electrical engineering #Electrical resistivity and conductivity #Engineering #Engineering physics #Materials science #Optoelectronics #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Semiconductor #Thermal #Thermal conductivity #Thermal properties of materials #Thermodynamics #Thermoelectric effect #Thermoelectric materials #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.85.033201
published in Physical Review B 85(3) (American Physical Society) · 3 pages, 1 figure
openalex publication_date 2012/01/04 · arxiv created 2012/01/05 · arxiv updated 2012/01/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Considering a system composed of two different thermoelectric modules electrically and thermally connected in parallel, we demonstrate that the inhomogeneities of the thermoelectric properties of the materials may cause the appearance of an electrical current, which develops inside the system. We show that this current increases the effective thermal conductance of the whole system. We also discuss the significance of a recent finding concerning a reported new electrothermal effect in inhomogeneous bipolar semiconductors, in light of our results.