Water, not salt, causes most of the Seebeck effect of nonisothermal aqueous electrolytes

Ole Nickel, Ludwig J. V. Ahrens-Iwers, Robert H. Meißner +1

When two electrolyte-immersed electrodes have different temperatures, a voltage $\Delta \psi$ can be measured between them. This electrolyte Seebeck effect is usually explained by cations a…