Reply to the ‘comment on “$ per W metrics for thermoelectric power generation: beyond ZT”’ by G. Nunes, Jr, Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, DOI: 10.1039/C3EE43700K

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 3441-3442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon K. Yee ◽  
Saniya LeBlanc ◽  
Kenneth E. Goodson ◽  
Chris Dames

The comment by Nunes suggests a welcome refinement to an approximation made in the original paper.

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 3439-3440 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Nunes

A recent paper by Yee, LeBlanc, Goodson, and Dames provides a powerful approach to the design of a low cost thermoelectric generation system, but makes an unjustified approximation.


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Michael R. Scudder ◽  
Bin He ◽  
Yaxian Wang ◽  
Akash Rai ◽  
David Cahill ◽  
...  

The principal challenges in current thermoelectric power generation modules is the availability of stable, diffusion-resistant, lossless electrical and thermal metal-semiconductor contacts that do not degrade at the hot end nor...


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (18) ◽  
pp. 5872-5879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandvi Saxena ◽  
Tanmoy Maiti

Increasing electrical conductivity in oxides, which are inherently insulators, can be a potential route in developing oxide-based thermoelectric power generators with higher energy conversion efficiency.


2016 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 358-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. Benn ◽  
Leonard M. Poplaski ◽  
Amir Faghri ◽  
Theodore L. Bergman

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