An inconvenient truth about thermoelectrics
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- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Materials
- Vol. 8 (2), 83-85
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2361
Abstract
Despite recent advances, thermoelectric energy conversion will never be as efficient as steam engines. That means thermoelectrics will remain limited to applications served poorly or not at all by existing technology. Bad news for thermoelectricians, but the climate crisis requires that we face bad news head on.Keywords
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