benchmark

zT figure of merit

Dimensionless figure of merit used to rank thermoelectric materials, combining Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity at a given temperature, conventionally evaluated at steady state.

Known aliases

dimensionless figure of merit
zT

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Current clusters

science1 publisher

Saitama theory untangles electrodes and heat leakage from a thermoelectric's transient

Yasuhiro Hasegawa's analysis says the transient after a step current can be split into material, electrode and heat-leakage terms, following one scaling law across materials and test conditions. The work is theoretical.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

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