SEEBECK EFFECT IN TERNARY IONIC LIQUIDS

Abstract

Our previously developed theory of the Seebeck effect for binary highly ionized liquids at steady state1 is expanded here to include dilute ionic liquids containing molecular solvent as a third component. The model is evaluated using empirical values of the Seebeck coefficient in polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified with NaOH. It is shown that the concentration and temperature profiles established correspond to spatial uniformity in the electrochemical potential throughout the system.