Wearable thermoelectric generator for human clothing applications

2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1376-1379

  Kim, M K ^a   Kim, M S ^a   Jo, S E ^a   Kim, H L ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Kim, Y J ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dispenser printing; energy harvesting; flexible; human body; Wearable thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FABRICS; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; FABRIC MATERIALS; FABRICATED DEVICE; FLEXIBLE; HUMAN BODIES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ACTUATORS; DISPENSERS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ENERGY HARVESTING; MICROSYSTEMS; PRINTING; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84891703790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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