Abstract: Practical thermoelectric cooling has become a reality with the development of thermoelectric semiconductor materials. To illustrate this type of cooling, several devices which represent ...

This article provides thermoelectric cooler (TEC) concepts that are necessary to understand before designing a higher power TEC. It explains key Peltier characteristics that limit their cooling ...

State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Novel Semiconductors, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China State Key Laboratory of Crystal ...