This topic is created for the Open Source development of a self-cooling, liquid state thermoelectric generator for use with solar-thermal and waste heat applications.
For a brief explanation of thermoelectricity:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/thermoelectricity (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/thermoelectricity)
Paper on liquid state seebeck effect:
https://books.google.com/books?id=X2vDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=%22seebeck+effect+in+liquids%22&source=bl&ots=ZYi3JILLcy&sig=ACfU3U3PAmTJmTnLQoCaJqT7L93nAHKtVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5lcCGiIP7AhW6mmoFHQZ4Aa8Q6AF6BAgZEAI#v=onepage&q=%22seebeck%20effect%20in%20liquids%22&f=false (https://books.google.com/books?id=X2vDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=%22seebeck+effect+in+liquids%22&source=bl&ots=ZYi3JILLcy&sig=ACfU3U3PAmTJmTnLQoCaJqT7L93nAHKtVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5lcCGiIP7AhW6mmoFHQZ4Aa8Q6AF6BAgZEAI#v=onepage&q=%22seebeck%20effect%20in%20liquids%22&f=false)
Use of complex fluids:
https://iramis.cea.fr/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/Ast/ast_visu.php?id_ast=2616 (https://iramis.cea.fr/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/Ast/ast_visu.php?id_ast=2616)
Development of novel thermoelectric fluids:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221478531930104X (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221478531930104X)