Design and implementation of a new thermoelectric-photovoltaic hybrid energy system for hybrid electric vehicles

Electric Power Components and Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-525

  Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Chau, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

hybrid electric vehicle; multiple input converter; photovoltaic; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM; MULTIPLE INPUT CONVERTERS; MULTIPLE INPUTS; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATORS; SINGLE-ENDED; THERMOELECTRIC; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOBILES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

EID: 79954458273     PISSN: 15325008     EISSN: 15325016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325008.2010.528530     Document Type: Article

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