The efficiency of thermal energy conversion into electricity by means of the thermovoltaic effect
V. M. EgorovIoffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, RussiaВ. В. КаминскийIoffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, RussiaМ. М. КазанинIoffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, RussiaС. М. СоловьевIoffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, RussiaA. V. GolubkovIoffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
2015en
ABI
Abstract
The efficiency of thermal energy conversion into electricity based on the thermovoltaic effect has been studied. Experiments were performed on samarium sulfide (SmS) samples containing a region doped with excess samarium up to Sm1.04S. The conversion efficiency increases with time from 17 to 36% due to a decrease in the amount of absorbed thermal energy at unchanged power of the generated electric energy.
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