摘要 |
A thermoelectric device is disclosed. The device includes an insulating layer, a first conducting layer configured to induce charge of a first polarity on a first surface of the insulating layer, and a second conducting layer configured to induce charge of a second polarity on a second surface of the insulating layer, the second polarity opposite the first polarity, and the first surface opposite the second surface across a transversal axis, wherein by induction of opposing charges on the first surface and the second surface of the insulating layer spatially separated surface excitons are formed on the first and the second surfaces of the insulating layer, the spatially separated surface excitons generate a counterflow electrical current when a thermal gradient is provided across a longitudinal axis of the insulating layer. The surface excitons could potentially condense into a superfluid under appropriate conditions, giving rise to superfluidic thermoelectric current. |