Electric power generation at low temperature gradients

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4233-4238

  Reznikov, Michael ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^b  

^a PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Matrix Sensors Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemical processes; polymer gels; thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; SUN; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; NEAR-AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLYMER GELS; POWER CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VOLTAGE GENERATIONS;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84913529806     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2014.2316366     Document Type: Article

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