热电制冷技术进展与展望

Progress and Prospect of Thermoelectric Refrigeration

热电制冷技术是一种通过珀耳贴效应直接利用电能实现制冷的固态制冷技术。与蒸气压缩式制冷相比,热电制冷具有尺寸任意缩放、无振动、可靠性高和控温精度高等优点。本文从热电制冷的发展简史和基本原理出发,重点介绍了热电材料、制冷机结构、功能层界面以及热端散热器等影响热电制冷机性能因素的研究进展,并根据热电制冷的优势特性介绍了热电制冷的应用,最后对热电制冷技术的研究进行了总结和展望。

Thermoelectric refrigeration is a solid-state refrigeration technology that uses electric energy to achieve refrigeration via the Peltier effect.Compared with vapor compression refrigeration,thermoelectric refrigeration offers the advantages of scalability,vibration-free,high reliability,and high temperature control accuracy.Based on the development history and basic principles of thermoelectric refrigeration,this study focuses on the research progress of thermoelectric materials,refrigerator structures,functional layer interfaces,and heat sinks.Subsequently,applications of thermoelectric refrigeration are introduced based on their advantages.Finally,investigations regarding thermoelectric refrigeration are summarized and discussed.