Anisotropic thermoelectric materials, properties and applications
- A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sankt-Petersburg 194021 (Russian Federation)
- Institute of Solid State and Material Sciences Dresden e.V., D-01171 Dresden (Germany)
Thermoelectric phenomena in anisotropic materials have some specific features which can be used in a number of applications. In our report we will briefly consider physical principles of the anisotropic thermoelectric material applications and will give a short review of the thermoelectric properties of these materials. The possible fields of the applications of the anisotropic devices are discussed and some parameters of these devices are estimated. The analysis shows that the experimental data only on a limited number of materials with large anisotropy of the thermoelectric parameters are available in the literature. On the other hand a plenty of compounds with anisotropic structures which can exhibit anisotropic thermoelectric properties have not been systematically studied. {copyright} {ital 1995} {ital American} {ital Institute} {ital of} {ital Physics}.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 165397
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940830--
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 316; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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