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XV International Conference ''Thermoelectrics and Their Applications-2016 St. Petersburg'', November 15-16, 2016

On a carbon nanostructure-based thermoelectric converter with record parameters

E. D. Èidel'man<sup>ab

a</sup> Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg
^b Saint-Petersburg Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy

Abstract: There is a new idea to enhance the Seebeck coefficient using electron drag by a heat flux and decrease the thermal conductivity by heat dissipation at the interfaces between graphite- and diamond-like areas in a composite formed from carbon nanostructures. The proposed thermoelectric converter is based on a thin (20–50 nm) graphite-like layer located at an ultra-short distance from the diamond-like area. According to estimation, a thermoelectric power higher than in the case of diffusion by a factor of 10$^3$ can be attained. Under ideal conditions, this allows a room-temperature thermoelectric efficiency of 150 to be obtained.

Received: 27.12.2016
Accepted: 29.12.2016

DOI: 10.21883/FTP.2017.07.44649.35

 English version: Semiconductors, 2017, 51:7, 906–908

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