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Overview of Industry Interest in New Thermoelectric Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

H.B. Lyon JR.
H.B. Lyon JR.*
Affiliation:
Thermogenics Business Team, Marlow Industries Inc. 10451 Vista Park Road, Dallas, TX, hlyon@marlow.com
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Abstract

The technology base for air conditioning, refrigeration, component cooling below ambient temperatures and power generation will be required to meet several new challenges. The main lines of these challenges will be presented in a way which relates them to the several new thermoelectric materials and materials engineering options being pursued by the research community. The potential benefits of thermoelectric devices are only partially met by enhancing the figure of merit ZT, the nature of the design challenge and the resulting systems approach are presented. The research and the industry are entering into a new era.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 478: Symposium Q – Thermoelectric Materials - New Directions and Approaches , 1997 , 285
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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