Flexible thermoelectric generator based on transfer printed Si microwires

European Solid-State Device Research Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 86-89

  Khan, Saleem ^a,b   Dahiya, R S ^c   Lorenzelli, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible Electronics; Micro Thermoelectric Generator; Silicon Microwires; Transfer Printing

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; ETHYLENE; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MICROCHANNELS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SILICON WAFERS; SILICONES; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SUBSTRATES; WIRE;

MICRO WIRE; MICRO-THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; STANDARD PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; TRANSFER PRINTING;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84911952704     PISSN: 19308876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSDERC.2014.6948764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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