Thermoelectric power

Thermoelectric power may refer one of a few distinct things:

  1. Electrical power generated from a heat source, such as burning fossil fuel-coal,oils, indirectly through devices like steam turbines.
  2. The thermopower, or Seebeck coefficient, of a material, which governs its thermoelectric properties (a misnomer, as this quantity has units of voltage per unit temperature).
  3. The power output of a thermoelectric generator that uses the Seebeck effect.
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