Cooling power of transverse thermoelectrics for cryogenic cooling

Yang Tang; Ming Ma; Matthew A Grayson

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Cooling power of transverse thermoelectrics for cryogenic cooling

Yang Tang, Ming Ma, Matthew A Grayson^*

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Transverse Peltier coolers have been experimentally and theoretically studied since 1960s due to their capability of achieving cooling in a single-leg geometry. Recently proposed pxn-type transverse thermoelectrics reveal the possibility of intrinsic or undoped transverse coolers that can, in principle, function at cryogenic temperatures, which has drawn more attention to the performance of such transverse coolers. However, unlike longitudinal thermoelectrics, the equations for transverse thermoelectrics cannot be solved analytically. In this study, we therefore calculate the thermoelectric transport in transverse coolers numerically, and introduce a normalized notation, which reduces the independent parameters in the governing equations to a normalized electric field E∗ and a hot-side transverse figure of merit zT_h, only. A numerical study of the maximum cooling temperature difference and cooling power reveals the superior performance of transverse thermoelectric coolers compared to longitudinal coolers with the same figure of merit, providing another motivation in the search for new transverse thermoelectric materials with large figure of merit.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration (TTDR)
Editors	Ingo N. Ruhlich, Bjorn F. Andresen, Joseph P. Heremans, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Richard I. Epstein, Markus P. Hehlen
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9821
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510600621
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229028
State	Published - Jan 1 2016
Event	Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration (TTDR) - Baltimore, United States Duration: Apr 19 2016 → Apr 20 2016

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Other	Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration (TTDR)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	4/19/16 → 4/20/16

Keywords

Transverse thermoelectrics
cooling power
normalized transport equations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Tang, Y, Ma, M & Grayson, MA 2016, Cooling power of transverse thermoelectrics for cryogenic cooling. in IN Ruhlich, BF Andresen, JP Heremans, M Sheik-Bahae, RI Epstein & MP Hehlen (eds), Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration (TTDR). vol. 9821, 98210K, SPIE, Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration (TTDR), Baltimore, United States, 4/19/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229028

Cooling power of transverse thermoelectrics for cryogenic cooling. / Tang, Yang; Ma, Ming; Grayson, Matthew A.
Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration (TTDR). ed. / Ingo N. Ruhlich; Bjorn F. Andresen; Joseph P. Heremans; Mansoor Sheik-Bahae; Richard I. Epstein; Markus P. Hehlen. Vol. 9821 SPIE, 2016. 98210K.

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