Peltier effect
A current through a junction of dissimilar conductors absorbs or releases heat at the junction, the reverse of the Seebeck effect. Basis of thermoelectric cooling.
Atlas record: 4 claims reference this phenomenon — 4 established.
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Relations
- a current through a junction of dissimilar conductors
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 60 (showing 24)
- Peltier cooler2/2 est · demonstrated
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Alkali-metal thermal-to-electric conversion → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal shape-memory effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermochemical redox cycle → Chemical fuel (H₂, CO, syngas) → Chemical fuel5/5 est · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Seebeck effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermionic emission → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermogalvanic effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Anomalous Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Ocean thermal energy conversion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 est · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Advective heat transport → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermo-osmosis → Streaming potential → Ionic current → Electrical work5/6 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermomagnetic convection → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/6 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 est · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 est · candidate
Cited sources · 3
- [1]H. J. Goldsmid. Introduction to Thermoelectricity (2nd ed.) (2016)
- [2]A. F. Ioffe. Semiconductor Thermoelements and Thermoelectric Cooling (1957)
- [3]J. C. A. Peltier. Nouvelles expériences sur la caloricité des courants électriques (1834)
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