Thermoelectric technologies for power generation, cooling and sensor applications

Author: Krzysztof Wojciechowski

The Thermoelectric Research Laboratory (TRL), Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics at AGH, has been at the forefront of semiconductor material and technology development for many years, with a particular focus on energy conversion. The team has developed new thermoelectric materials for direct heat-to-electricity conversion and thermoelectric cooling, a technology for manufacturing TE converters for low-parameter waste heat recovery, as well as innovative designs of prototype devices, including a Scanning Thermoelectric Microscope for analyzing the distribution of hydrogen content in steel.

The TRL team has developed thermoelectric components (TE modules) and devices with applications in a number of fields, including power systems and thermoelectric cooling for IoT-type electronic devices, as well as, the construction of large energy devices such as solid-state heat pumps and thermoelectric cogeneration systems for power generation and waste heat recovery.

Further information can be found on the TRL website: http://www.thermlab.agh.edu.pl/