High performance pyroelectric converter

Series on Energy and Power Systems

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 366-371

  Kouchachvili, Lia ^a   Ikura, Michio ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

P(VDF TrFE); Poling; Pyroelectric; Resistivity; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WASTE HEAT;

COPOLYMER FILMS; COPOLYMER IMPURITIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE PYROELECTRIC CONVERTER;

PYROELECTRICITY;

EID: 33751241400     PISSN: 14827891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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