Performance of thermoelectric generator with graphene nanofluid cooling*

Project supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51590902), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant N. 51476095), and the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Young Eastern Scholar, QD2015052) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 14ZR1417000).

Xing Jiao-jiao, Wu Zi-hua, Xie Hua-qing, Wang Yuan-yuan, Li Yi-huai, Mao Jian-hui
       

(color online) Electric potential contours for the TEG system with (a) base fluid, (b) 0.025-wt% graphene-dispersed nanofluids, (c) 0.05-wt% graphene-dispersed nanofluid, (d) 0.075-wt% graphene-dispersed nanofluid, and (e) 0.1-wt% graphene-dispersed nanofluid used as the coolants.