Abstract: A method for producing thermoelectric modules of a thermoelectric device may include providing an electrically conductive carrier, applying a thermoelectrically active semiconductor onto a side of the carrier by a vacuum-based coating method, and dividing the carrier, with the semiconductor thereon, into a plurality of parts so that each part may form a thermoelectric module with a carrier portion and a semiconductor portion.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a method for regulating a Peltier element. In a starting step, a starting current is applied to the Peltier element. Subsequently in a cooling step, a surface that is heat-conductively connected to the Peltier element is cooled. In the cooling step, the surface is cooled to a target temperature. After the cooling step in an adjustment step, a maintenance current is applied to the Peltier element. The maintenance current is lower than the starting current.

Abstract: A thermoelectric flexible mat may include a first large surface and a second large surface. The mat may also include a plurality of p-doped elements and a plurality of n-doped elements disposed in an alternating manner with one another and electrically interconnected to a series circuit via a plurality of electrically conductive conductor bridges. The plurality of conductor bridges of the series circuit may be assigned, at least in regions, to the first large surface and the second large surface such that the first large surface defines a hot side and the second large surface defines a cold side. An absorptive absorption structure may connect the hot side and the cold side. The absorption structure may be structured and arranged such that any liquid present on the cold side is absorbable into the absorption structure and transportable to the hot side via the absorption structure.

Abstract: A Peltier element for a thermoelectric heat exchanger may include n-doped n-type semiconductors, p-doped p-type semiconductors, and a plate structure for electrically contacting the semiconductors. The plate structure may include first plate sections and second plate sections, which may be alternately arranged along an extension of the Peltier element. The first plate sections may form a first side of the Peltier element, and the second plate sections may form a second side of the Peltier element, the second side being spaced from the first side. The plate structure may further include a plurality of legs. Each leg may interconnect adjacent first and second plate sections and may extend inclined relative to the adjacent first and second plate sections. An n-type semiconductor and a p-type semiconductor may be alternately integrated in the legs along the plate structure.

Abstract: A thermoelectric fabric may include a plurality of first threads and a plurality of electrically insulating second threads. The plurality of first threads may each be defined by a plurality of p-doped thread portions, a plurality of n-doped thread portions, and a plurality of electrically conductive thread portions. The plurality of p-doped thread portions and the plurality of n-doped thread portions may be arranged in an alternating manner. The plurality of electrically conductive thread portions may be arranged between the plurality of n-doped thread portions and the plurality of p-dope thread portions.

Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a flow chamber able to be flowed through by a first fluid, a fin structure arranged in the flow chamber, a heat transfer chamber, and a thermoelectric temperature-control system. The temperature-control system may include at least one Peltier element with a plurality of p-doped p-type semiconductors and a plurality of n-doped n-type semiconductors electrically contacting one another. On a side of the fin structure, a plurality of connecting structures may be arranged. A respective connecting structure may include an electrically insulating base layer and an electrically conductive connecting layer. The fin structure may include the base layer. The connecting layer may be applied on a side of the base layer facing away from the fin structure. One such p-type semiconductor and one such n-type semiconductor may be mounted on the connecting layer. The fin structure may be provided with the base layer via oxidation.

Abstract: A thermoelectric device may include a housing made of a plastic, which may partially limit an interior space and which may include a first side wall and a second side wall lying opposite to the first side wall, and a thermoelectric element made of a thermoelectrically active material arranged in the interior space. The first electrical connection element may be arranged on an inner side of the first side wall, and a second electrical connection element may be arranged on an inner side of the second side wall. The first electrical connection element may be connected in a substance-to-substance manner to a first front side of the thermoelectric element facing the first side wall, and the second electrical connection element may be connected to a second front side of the thermoelectric element facing the second side wall.

Abstract: A method for operating a thermoelectric module may include creating a pulse width modulated control signal for controlling the thermoelectric module, converting the control signal into an operating signal having a direct voltage portion and an alternating voltage portion, and supplying the operating signal for operating the thermoelectric module to the thermoelectric module. The method may also include tapping the operating signal on the thermoelectric module and determining an electrical resistance of the thermoelectric module therefrom.

Abstract: A thermoelectric device may include a plurality of electrically conductive first threads and a plurality of electrically insulating second threads structured and arranged to define a fabric. At least one first thread of the plurality of first threads may include a plurality of p-doped thread sections and a plurality of n-doped thread sections arranged in alternating relationship with one another. The plurality of first threads may extend in a wavy course defining a plurality of curvature-turning points. The plurality of p-doped thread sections and the plurality of n-doped thread sections may be arranged in a respective curvature-turning point of the plurality of curvature-turning points.

Abstract: A method for producing a Peltier element of a heat exchanger for temperature control of a fluid flowable through a flow chamber may include providing an electrically conductive belt. The method may also include providing the belt with a plurality of p-doped P-semiconductors and a plurality of n-doped N-semiconductors so as to alternate with one another along the belt. The plurality of p-doped P-semiconductors and the plurality of n-doped N-semiconductors respectively may have a side facing away from the flow chamber electrically contacted by a contacting structure that may include a plurality of contact elements. The method may also include separating the belt to produce a plurality of connecting elements of a connecting structure electrically contacting a side of the plurality of p-doped P-semiconductors and the plurality of n-doped N-semiconductors facing towards the flow chamber, respectively.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module may include a plurality of thermoelectric elements electrically connected via a plurality of conductor bridges. A respective conductor bridge, on at least one of a hot side and a cold side of the thermoelectric module, may contact a duct body through which a fluid is flowable. The duct body may have a plurality of recesses in which, respectively, one of the plurality of conductor bridges is arranged. The plurality of thermoelectric elements may be arranged in a joint thermally insulating filling body. The plurality of conductor bridges may be arranged flush with the filling body. The duct body may have a duct base body and a duct cover closing the duct base body and defining a fluid-tight duct therewith. The duct base body may include a plurality of heat transfer elements protruding into the duct body around which the fluid is flowable.

Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric converter may include equipping a substrate top side of an electrically conductive substrate with a first thermoelectrically active material and applying an electrically conductive upper conducting layer thereon, and equipping a substrate bottom side with a second thermoelectrically active material and applying an electrically conductive lower conducting layer thereon. The method may further include introducing a plurality of upper receptacles on the substrate top side and a plurality of lower receptacles on the substrate bottom side to produce an intermediate product. The method may additionally include applying an electrically conductive upper cover layer to an intermediate product top side and an electrically conductive lower cover layer to an intermediate product bottom side. The method may also include introducing a plurality of upper clearances on the intermediate product top side and a plurality of bottom clearances on the intermediate product bottom side.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for heating a vehicle interior may include a heat exchanger block including a plurality of air ducts and a plurality of coolant ducts arranged according to a cross flow principle. The heat exchanger block may have a first heat exchanger stage including an air inlet side and a second heat exchanger stage including an air outlet side. The plurality of air ducts and the plurality of coolant ducts may extend through the heat exchanger block and may be coupled to one another in a heat-transferring and media-separated manner in both the first heat exchanger stage and the second heat exchanger stage. The heat exchanger may further include a plurality of thermoelectric modules, configured to operate as a heat pump to transfer heat from the coolant flow to the air flow, arranged between the plurality of air ducts and the plurality of coolant ducts.

Abstract: A Peltier element for a thermoelectric heat exchanger may include n-doped n-type semiconductors, p-doped p-type semiconductors, and a plate structure for electrically contacting the semiconductors. The plate structure may include first plate sections and second plate sections, which may be alternately arranged along an extension of the Peltier element. The first plate sections may form a first side of the Peltier element, and the second plate sections may form a second side of the Peltier element, the second side being spaced from the first side. The plate structure may further include a plurality of legs. Each leg may interconnect adjacent first and second plate sections and may extend inclined relative to the adjacent first and second plate sections. An n-type semiconductor and a p-type semiconductor may be alternately integrated in the legs along the plate structure.

Abstract: A cooling device for a battery of a motor vehicle may include a first cooling plate and a second cooling plate bonded to the first cooling plate. The second cooling plate may include at least one depression extending in a direction away from the first cooling plate. The depression may define at least one fluid duct for a coolant flow. A first side of the first cooling plate facing away from the second cooling plate may include at least one thermoelectric element. A first side of the second cooling plate facing towards the first cooling plate may include a plurality of turbulence-generating elements.

Abstract: A thermoelectric device may include a plurality of electrically conductive first threads and a plurality of electrically insulating second threads structured and arranged to define a fabric. At least one first thread of the plurality of first threads may include a plurality of p-doped thread sections and a plurality of n-doped thread sections arranged in alternating relationship with one another. The plurality of first threads may extend in a wavy course defining a plurality of curvature-turning points. The plurality of p-doped thread sections and the plurality of n-doped thread sections may be arranged in a respective curvature-turning point of the plurality of curvature-turning points.

Abstract: A method for producing an electric and mechanically serial arrangement in a thermoelectric heat exchanger for temperature-controlling a fluid may include providing an electrically conductive strip. The method may also include providing the strip with a Peltier element including a plurality of p-doped p-semiconductors and a plurality of n-doped n-semiconductors so as to alternate with one another along the strip. Providing the strip with the Peltier element may include electrically contacting the plurality of p-doped p-semiconductors and the plurality of n-doped n-semiconductors by a connecting structure including a plurality of connecting elements.

Abstract: A method for producing a Peltier element of a heat exchanger for temperature control of a fluid flowable through a flow chamber may include providing an electrically conductive belt. The method may also include providing the belt with a plurality of p-doped P-semiconductors and a plurality of n-doped N-semiconductors so as to alternate with one another along the belt. The plurality of p-doped P-semiconductors and the plurality of n-doped N-semiconductors respectively may have a side facing away from the flow chamber electrically contacted by a contacting structure that may include a plurality of contact elements. The method may also include separating the belt to produce a plurality of connecting elements of a connecting structure electrically contacting a side of the plurality of p-doped P-semiconductors and the plurality of n-doped N-semiconductors facing towards the flow chamber, respectively.

Abstract: A temperature-control device for a battery of a motor vehicle may include a temperature-control plate including at least two rows of elements. Each of the at least two rows of elements may include at least two Peltier elements. Each Peltier element may include a first electric supply connection and a second electric supply connection for supplying each Peltier element with electrical energy. A first electric supply path may be disposed on the temperature-control plate and may define at least one of an open surround and a closed surround around the Peltier elements of the at least two rows of elements. At least one second electric supply path may be disposed on the temperature-control plate and may extend along a direction of extent with respect to an extent of the at least two rows of elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a first component with a first duct, a second component with a second duct and a thermoelectric element for generating a heat flow, wherein a first fluid of a first fluid circuit can be caused to flow through the first duct to control the temperature of a first external component, wherein a second fluid of a second fluid circuit can be caused to flow through the second duct, which is fluidically separated from the first duct, to control the temperature of a second external component, and wherein the at least one thermoelectric element is arranged between the first and second components, contacting same thermally.