Thermoelectric coolers: progress, challenges, and opportunities

WY Chen, XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the free of noise, mechanical component, working fluid, and chemical reaction,
thermoelectric cooling is regarded as a suitable solution to address the greenhouse …

A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: Materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement

S Twaha, J Zhu, Y Yan, B Li - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric (TE) technology is regarded as alternative and environmentally friendly
technology for harvesting and recovering heat which is directly converted into electrical …

[HTML][HTML] A review on low-grade thermal energy harvesting: materials, methods and devices

RA Kishore, S Priya - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Combined rejected and naturally available heat constitute an enormous energy resource
that remains mostly untapped. Thermal energy harvesting can provide a cost-effective and …

A review of thermoelectric cooling: Materials, modeling and applications

D Zhao, G Tan - Applied thermal engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
This study reviews the recent advances of thermoelectric materials, modeling approaches,
and applications. Thermoelectric cooling systems have advantages over conventional …

High-yield atmospheric water harvesting device with integrated heating/cooling enabled by thermally tailored hydrogel sorbent

X Min, Z Wu, T Wei, X Hu, P Shi, N Xu, H Wang… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is regarded as a promising way to
produce fresh water in water-stressed areas. However, low water production per unit device …

Performance investigation and design optimization of a thermoelectric generator applied in automobile exhaust waste heat recovery

JH Meng, XD Wang, WH Chen - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
This work develops a multiphysics thermoelectric generator model for automobile exhaust
waste heat recovery, in which the exhaust heat source and water-cooling heat sink are …

Review of solar thermoelectric cooling technologies for use in zero energy buildings

ZB Liu, L Zhang, GC Gong, HX Li, GF Tang - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Energy crisis and global warming have become more and more serious with the social
development. Since buildings account for a significant proportion of the total energy …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoelectric cooling-aided bead geometry regulation in wire and arc-based additive manufacturing of thin-walled structures

F Li, S Chen, J Shi, Y Zhao, H Tian - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This research helps improve the capability of wire and arc-based
additive manufacturing in fabricating thin-walled structures in terms of geometric accuracy …

Thermoelectric mini cooler coupled with micro thermosiphon for CPU cooling system

D Liu, FY Zhao, HX Yang, GF Tang - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present study, a thermoelectric mini cooler coupling with a micro thermosiphon
cooling system has been proposed for the purpose of CPU cooling. A mathematical model of …

Analysis on optimal heat exchanger size of thermoelectric cooler for electronic cooling applications

L Zhu, H Tan, J Yu - Energy conversion and management, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, the theoretical analyses are conducted to explore the optimization problems of
thermoelectric cooler (TEC) systems applied in electronic cooling. The study mainly focuses …