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Reliable Thermoelectric Generators for Space Missions

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Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Thermoelectrics

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Different solar elements are being used in space researches, but these cannot be efficient power supply devices for the space vehicles that are far from the Sun, the main reason being the low intensity of the solar radiation. Thermoelectric (TE) generators are devices that can successfully work in deep space. Thermoelectric power is determined by the physicochemical properties of the thermoelectric material and the temperature gradient applied.

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  1. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

    S. V. Novikov, E. Z. Parparov & M. I. Fedorov

  2. Saint-Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. I. Fedorov

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  1. Science and Applications Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    Andrea Amaldi

  2. Science and Applications Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, France

    Francois Tang

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Novikov, S.V., Parparov, E.Z., Fedorov, M.I. (2014). Reliable Thermoelectric Generators for Space Missions. In: Amaldi, A., Tang, F. (eds) Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Thermoelectrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07332-3_13

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