Micromachined polycrystalline si thermopiles in a T-shirt

Sensors and Transducers

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Leonov, Vladimir ^a   van Andel, Yvonne ^b   Wang, Ziyang ^b   Vullers, Ruud J M ^b   van Hoof, Chris ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy harvester; Energy scavenger; MEMS; Micromachining; Thermoelectric generator; Thermopile; Wearable device

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BULK-MICROMACHINED; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY SCAVENGER; IN-PLANE; MATCHED LOAD; MICROMACHINED; POLYCRYSTALLINE-SI; T-SHIRTS; THERMAL SHUNT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; WEARABLE DEVICES;

MEMS; MICROMACHINING; POLYSILICON; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOPILES;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 81255188161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17265479     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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