{"id":131285,"date":"2021-11-26T10:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/thermoelectric-crystal-conductivity-reaches-a-new-high"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:23:18","slug":"thermoelectric-crystal-conductivity-reaches-a-new-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/thermoelectric-crystal-conductivity-reaches-a-new-high","title":{"rendered":"Thermoelectric crystal conductivity reaches a new high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/thermoelectric-crystal-conductivity-reaches-a-new-high2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just as a voltage difference can generate electric current, a temperature difference can generate a current flow in thermoelectric materials governed by its \u201cPeltier conductivity\u201d \u2117. Now, researchers from Japan demonstrate an unprecedented large P in a single crystal of Ta<sub>2<\/sub>PdSe<sub>6<\/sub> that is 200 times larger than the maximum P commercially available, opening doors to new research avenues and revolutionizing modern electronics.<\/p>\n<p>We know that current flows inside a metallic conductor in presence of a voltage difference across its ends. However, this is not the only way to generate current. In fact, a <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/temperature\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">temperature<\/a> difference could work as well. This phenomenon, called \u201cSeebeck effect,\u201d laid the foundation of the field of thermoelectrics, which deals with materials producing electricity under the application of a temperature difference.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to the concept of an electrical conductivity, thermoelectricity is governed by the Peltier conductivity, P, which relates the thermoelectric current to the temperature gradient. However, unlike its electrical counterpart, P is less explored and understood. For instance, is there a theoretical upper limit to how large P can be? Far from being a mere curiosity, the possibility of a large P could be a game changer for modern-day electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as a voltage difference can generate electric current, a temperature difference can generate a current flow in thermoelectric materials governed by its \u201cPeltier conductivity\u201d \u2117. Now, researchers from Japan demonstrate an unprecedented large P in a single crystal of Ta2PdSe6 that is 200 times larger than the maximum P commercially available, opening doors to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1694,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}