Temperature gradient —drives→ Ionic thermoelectric effect
The atlas records this claim as established: a temperature gradient drives the ionic thermoelectric effect under the conditions below.
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Conditions
- an electrolyte (liquid, gel or polymer) under a temperature difference; ionic Seebeck coefficients of 1–10 mV/K arise from differential thermodiffusion of cations and anions, without electrode redox entropy
Evidence · 2
- [1]M. Bonetti et al.. Huge Seebeck coefficients in nonaqueous electrolytes (2011)
- [2]D. Zhao, A. Würger, X. Crispin. Ionic thermoelectric materials and devices (2021)
Matrix cells this relation feeds
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Uses of this claim
- Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work3/3 established · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Beta particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Alpha particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:ionic-te-drives: Temperature gradient —drives→ Ionic thermoelectric effect. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/ionic-te-drives
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