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Peltier Effect
Thermoelectrics · 1834
- Equation
- Q̇ = Π·I
- Field
- Thermoelectrics
- Named After
- Jean Charles Athanase Peltier
- Year
- 1834
Symbols
Q̇ heat absorbed or released at a junction of two materials · I electric current through it · Π the Peltier coefficient, tied to Seebeck's by Π = S·T
Significance
Run the Seebeck effect backwards: push current through a junction and it pumps heat from one side to the other — a solid-state refrigerator. Camping coolers, CPU chillers, and laser stabilizers all run on this thirteen-years-later mirror image.
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