Ionic thermoelectric effect
A temperature gradient drives differential thermodiffusion of cations and anions in an electrolyte, building an ionic space charge and a thermovoltage of millivolts per kelvin without any electrode redox entropy.
Atlas record: 4 claims reference this phenomenon — 4 established.
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Relations
- 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
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 10
- Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work3/3 est · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 est · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Beta particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Alpha particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
Cited sources · 2
- [1]D. Zhao, A. Würger, X. Crispin. Ionic thermoelectric materials and devices (2021)
- [2]M. Bonetti et al.. Huge Seebeck coefficients in nonaqueous electrolytes (2011)
Cite this entity
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity phenomenon:ionic-thermoelectric-effect: Ionic thermoelectric effect. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/phenomenon/ionic-thermoelectric-effect
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