Theoretical Bound on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit from Irreversible Thermodynamics
- 1 February 1961
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 32 (2), 217-219
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1735980
Abstract
The principles of irreversible thermodynamics have been used with an idealized model to independently derive Joffe's dimensionless ``figure of merit,'' Tα2σ/(κ)J2=0, and a theoretical upper bound of infinity.Keywords
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