Integrated powder-based thick films for thermoelectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric energy harvesting devices

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2177-2184

  Dorey, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; materials processing; piezoelectric devices; thermoelectric devices; thick film devices

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FABRICATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROCESSING; SENSOR NODES; THERMOELECTRICITY; THICK FILM DEVICES; THICK FILMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MATERIALS PROCESSING; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84901810683     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2306443     Document Type: Article

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