Network theory for inhomogeneous thermoelectrics

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/18/4/043004MaRDI QIDQ5855016zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sebastian Angst, Dietrich E. Wolf

Publication date 12 March 2021

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.04235

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermodynamics in solid mechanics (74A15) Diffusive and convective heat and mass transfer, heat flow (80A19) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

Abstract: The Onsager-de Groot-Callen transport theory, implemented as a network model, is used to simulate the transient Harman method, which is widely used experimentally to determine all thermoelectric transport coefficients in a single measurement setup. It is shown that this method systematically overestimates the Seebeck coefficient for samples composed of two different materials. As a consequence, the figure of merit is also overestimated, if the thermal coupling of the measurement setup to the environment is weak. For a mixture of metal and semiconductor particles near metal percolation the figure of merit obtained by the Harman method is more than 100 % too large. For a correct interpretation of the experimental data, information on composition and microstructure of the sample are indispensable.

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