Lecture 24: Relative Diffusion Fluxes; Thermoelectric Effects
MIT 2.43 Advanced Thermodynamics, Spring 2024
Instructor: Gian Paolo Beretta
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This lecture covers: Energy and entropy carried by photons (electromagnetic radiation). Thermoelectric effects in solid conductors. Seebeck effect, the thermocouple, and the thermoelectric generator. Peltier and Thomson effect.
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Key moments:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:23 - Onsager Cross Effects and Curie Symmetry Principle
00:03:51 - Only a Fraction of the Energy Flux is Heat
00:07:42 - Relation Between Independent Diffusive Fluxes
00:19:19 - Electromagnetic Radiation: Energy and Entropy
00:27:36 - Relative Diffusive Fluxes and Forces
00:36:01 - Thermoelectric Effects
00:36:20 - Thermoelectric Effects in Solid Conductors
00:49:27 - Seeebeck Effect and the Thermocouple
01:02:28 - Seebeck Effect and the Thermoelectric Generator
01:08:22 - Peltier Effect
01:25:31 - Thomson Heating/Cooling Effect vs Joule Heating
01:35:33 - Cross Effects in Charge and Spin Current Transport
01:38:21 - Spin-Seebeck Effect
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