A thermoelectric device creates voltage when there is a different temperature on each side.

Often, more than one of the above effects is involved in the operation of a real thermoelectric device.

Operating in reverse, thermoelectric devices can also be used as refrigerators.

Another advantage of thermoelectric devices is that they produce electricity without generating additional pollution.

Current commercial thermoelectric devices, at 10 percent efficiency, get only one-fifth the maximum.

The claims for cold fusion were far overstated, and several years ago, Eneco shifted its focus to thermoelectric devices.

In an actual thermoelectric device, two materials are used.

Semiconductors are ideal thermoelectric devices because of their band structure and electronic properties at high temperatures.

In fact, several companies have begun projects in installing large quantities of these thermoelectric devices.

Several patents about the use of thermoelectric devices in tandem with solar cells have been filed.