Definition of thermoelectricity
: electricity produced by the direct action of heat (as by the unequal heating of a circuit composed of two dissimilar metals)
Updated on: 28 Feb 2018
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Another idea is creating electricity through thermoelectricity, converting variations in temperature into electric voltage.
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Thermoelectricity—or electricity produced through temperature differences—originated in 1821 when Thomas Seebeck and Jean Peltier discovered the conversion of heat to electricity.
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First Known Use of thermoelectricity
1823
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