Thermoelectric energy harvesting of human body heat for wearable sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2284-2291

  Leonov, Vladimir ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human body; thermoelectric; thermopile; wearable device

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE BATTERIES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CLOTHING THERMAL INSULATION; HUMAN BODIES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY; WEARABLE DEVICES; WEARABLE SENSORS;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPILES;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84877271121     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2252526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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