Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Superlattice-based thin-film thermoelectric modules with high cooling fluxes

  • Gary Bulman,
  • Phil Barletta,
  • Jay Lewis,
  • Nicholas Baldasaro,
  • Michael Manno,
  • Avram Bar-Cohen,
  • Bao Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10302
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Current thermoelectric modules provide cooling fluxes that are insufficient for high-heat flux applications. Here, the authors demonstrate thin-film-based thermoelectric modules capable of providing cooling fluxes more than double that of the current state-of-the-art.