A chemical kinetics perspective on thermoelectric transport

Chen, Nan (Louise); Pino, Juan; Katz, Howard E.

doi:10.1063/5.0055367

Title: A chemical kinetics perspective on thermoelectric transport

Journal Article · 10 August 2021 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0055367 · OSTI ID:1820908

Chen, Nan (Louise) ^[1]; Pino, Juan ^[2];

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Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)

There is a growing community of chemists and materials scientists exploring thermoelectric properties of organic, polymeric, hybrid, and composite materials. Many of these materials are nondegenerate semiconductors, meaning that the Fermi and transport charge transport energy levels are significantly offset. Others are ionic conductors. While the meaning of the essential parameters electrical conductivity (σ) and Seebeck coefficient (S, the voltage difference per degree of temperature difference) are accessible, the origins of S are not readily apparent to one trained mainly in chemistry. The purpose of this manuscript is to illustrate S as being the result of a steady state difference between concentrations of two designations of charge carriers, those on hotter and those on colder sides of a material sample, analogous to the equilibrium among interconverting chemical species that differ in enthalpy and entropy. The ion-based Seebeck coefficient, also known as the Soret effect, can be explained using principles similar to those applicable to electrons and holes. We hope that this analysis leads to wider understanding of the origins of S through an explanation using the language of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics, and appreciation of ways that thermoelectric efficiency can be enhanced in emerging materials.

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Research Organization:: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46465

OSTI ID:: 1820908

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 119; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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