What is it about?
The negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels have forced the energy research community seriously to consider renewable sources, such as naturally available solar energy. This paper provides an overview of solar thermoelectric (TE) cooling systems focused on the development of TE cooling systems in recent decade with particular attention on advances in materials and modelling and design approaches.
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Why is it important?
This research shows that TE cooling systems have advantages over conventional cooling devices, including compact in size, light in weight, high reliability, no mechanical moving parts, no working fluid, being powered by direct current, and easily switching between cooling and heating modes.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure because with the co-author we had long-term collaborations. This article ultimately leads to a greater involvement in the research of solar TE cooling systems.
Professor emeritus/PHD Ioan Sarbu
Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania
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This page is a summary of: A comprehensive review of solar thermoelectric cooling systems, International Journal of Energy Research, July 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/er.3795.
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