公开(公告)号：US10439123B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US16012560

申请日：2018-06-19

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Liang Fu ,  Brian J. Skinner

IPC: H01L35/32 ,  H01L35/02 ,  H01L35/14

Abstract: A thermoelectric device includes a thermoelectrode characterized by a band gap less than kBT, where kB is the Boltzmann constant and T is a temperature of the thermoelectrode. The device also includes a magnetic field source, operably coupled to the thermoelectrode, to apply a magnetic field B on the thermoelectrode along a first direction. The device also includes a voltage source, operably coupled to the thermoelectrode, to apply an electric field E on the thermoelectrode along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction so as to generate a heat flow along the second direction.