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Yasutaka Amagai^1,2, Kenjiro Okawa^1,2, Ryoji Funahashi³

¹National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan.

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Thermodynamics

Background:

Thermoelectric efficiency evaluation faces challenges due to heat loss.
Existing methods like heat-flow and guarded-heater lack precision.
Lateral heat losses from thermoelectric modules introduce significant uncertainties.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel apparatus for accurate thermoelectric module efficiency evaluation.
To minimize uncertainties caused by lateral heat losses.
To establish a reliable method for thermoelectric device characterization.

Main Methods:

Introduction of an apparatus with a thermally matched guard ring and vacuum gap.
Establishing near-isothermal sidewalls to suppress radiative heat losses.
Conducting measurements up to 703 K with input heat flow up to 124 W.

Main Results:

The new apparatus demonstrated input-output agreement within 0.5 W.
Unguarded configurations showed discrepancies exceeding 5 W.
Achieved an expanded uncertainty of 1.4% in efficiency evaluations.

Conclusions:

The developed apparatus significantly enhances the reliability of thermoelectric efficiency evaluations.
The method suppresses radiative losses, improving measurement accuracy.
This provides a technical basis for future international standardization in thermoelectric measurements.