Thermoelectric Phenomena

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is the interpretation of the three major thermoelectric effects, viz., Seebeck’s, Peltier’s and Thomson’s, in phenomenological terms, in analogy to the treatment of the coupling of mass with heat flow in Chapter IX. Thus, this chapter is to serve merely as an introduction and bridge to the substantial literature on thermoelectricity and its energetic aspects, e. g., solar photovoltaic cells or thermoelectric refrigerators.