Patent ID: 11903318
Assignee: DTP THERMOELECTRICS LLC
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of designing a thermoelectric element having a length between a hot end and a cold end, the method comprising:
selecting spatially varying properties of a p-type or n-type material so as to define two or more of: a Seebeck coefficient (S) having an absolute value that generally increases from the cold end to the hot end as a function of position when no current is flowing, an electrical resistivity (ρ) having an absolute value that generally increases from the cold end to the hot end as a function of position when no current is flowing, and a thermal conductivity (λ) having an absolute value that generally increases from the cold end to the hot end as a function of position when no current is flowing, wherein at least one of such increases is nonlinear.