ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION BASED ON MONOLAYERS MNCL（M=Zr, Hf）

Liu Xinyu; Yuan Shaoheng; Xu Bin; An Xiaoning

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2021-0320

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2) : 351-356. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2021-0320

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION BASED ON MONOLAYERS MNCL（M=Zr, Hf）

Liu Xinyu, Yuan Shaoheng, Xu Bin, An Xiaoning

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Based on the thermoelectric properties of monolayers ZrNCl and HfNCl, a thermoelectric power generation model was established in this paper to study the output performance of different specifications of thermoelectric power modules. Then the thermoelectric conversion efficiency was compared with thermoelectric power generation models and thermoelectric materials studied by other scholars. The results show that the thermoelectric conversion efficiency of ZrNCl monolayer is higher than that of others in low temperature zone and medium temperature zone; the output power of the thermoelectric power generation module increases with the increase of the cross-sectional area of the thermoelectric power generation module and the number of thermoelectric units. The thermoelectric conversion efficiency of the single-layer ZrNCl is close to that of Bi₂Te₃, the most representative low-temperature thermoelectric material at present, indicating that this material has a good market application value.

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thermoelectric power / thermoelectric power / numerical simulation / thermoelectric properties

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Liu Xinyu, Yuan Shaoheng, Xu Bin, An Xiaoning. ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION BASED ON MONOLAYERS MNCL（M=Zr, Hf）[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2022, 43(2): 351-356 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2021-0320

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