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Thermoelectric Properties of Two Component Composites
An explicit expression for the bulk effective thermoelectric coefficient αe of a two component composite is derived. This coefficient is found to depend only on the bulk effective electric conductivity σe and the...
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Bulk Effective Moduli: Their Calculation and Usage for Describing Physical Properties of Composite Media
While not telling the whole story, the representation of a composite medium by a homogeneous effective medium is often an excellent approximation for describing its macroscopic physical properties. Modern meth...
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Composite Thermoelectrics - Exact Results and Calculational Methods
A theoretical study of composite thermoelectric media has resulted in the development of a number of simple approximations, as well as some exact results. The latter include exact upper and lower bounds on the...
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Enhancement of Power Factor in A Thermoelectric Composite With A Periodic Microstructure
The thermoelectric power factor has been calculated for a two-constituent composite medium, where one constituent is a “high quality thermoelectric” while the other constituent is a “benign metal”, with large ...