Conversion of waste heat to electricity using a high performance pyroelectric converter

Proceeding of the 2003 Energy and Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 429-434

  Ikura, Michio ^a   Yu, Jian Lin ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pyroelectric conversion; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; PYROELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT;

POWER OUTPUT; PYROELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; PYROELECTRIC CONVERSION; PYROELECTRIC CONVERTER; PYROELECTRIC EFFECT;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 4744353777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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