Modeling of on-membrane thermoelectric power supplies

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-508

  Jacquot, A ^a   Chen, G ^b   Scherrer, H ^a   Dausher, A ^a   Lenoir, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Microgenerator; Modeling; Power supplies; Thermoelectricity; Thermopile

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; THERMOPILES;

MICRO-DEVICE GEOMETRY; MICROGENERATORS; ON-MEMBRANE THERMOELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 4544335402     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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