Special Important Aspects of the Thomson Effect |
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Authors: | Igor Lashkevych J. E. Velázquez Oleg Yu. Titov Yuri G. Gurevich |
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Affiliation: | 1.Instituto Politécnico Nacional,UPIITA,Mexico,Mexico;2.Departamento de Física Aplicada-Electrónica,Universidad Salamanca,Salamanca,Spain;3.Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo,Mexico,Mexico;4.Departamento de F?ica,CINVESTAV-IPN,Mexico,Mexico |
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Abstract: | A comprehensive study of the mechanisms of heating and cooling originating from an electrical current in semiconductor devices is reported. The variation in temperature associated with the Peltier effect is not related to the presence of heat sources and sinks if the heat flux is correctly determined. The Thomson effect is commonly regarded as a heat source/sink proportional to the Thomson coefficient, which is added to the Joule heating. In the present work, we will show that this formulation of the Thomson effect is not sufficiently clear. When the heat flux is correctly defined, the Thomson heat source/sink is proportional to the Seebeck coefficient. In the conditions in which the Peltier effect takes place, the temperature gradient is created, and, consequently, the Thomson effect will occur naturally. |
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