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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Liang Fu, Winchester, MA (US);
Brian J. Skinner, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A thermoelectric device includes a thermoelectrode characterized by a band gap less than kT, where kis the Boltzmann constant and T is a temperature of the thermoelectrode. The device also includes a magnetic field source, operably coupled to the thermoelectrode, to apply a magnetic field B on the thermoelectrode along a first direction. The device also includes a voltage source, operably coupled to the thermoelectrode, to apply an electric field E on the thermoelectrode along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction so as to generate a heat flow along the second direction.