Printed flexible thermoelectric generators for use on low levels of waste heat

Applied Energy

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 587-592

  Madan, Deepa ^a   Wang, Zuoqian ^b   Wright, Paul K ^c   Evans, James W ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3; Bi2Te3; Composites; Epoxy polymer; Flexible thermoelectric generators; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FORCED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EPOXY POLYMERS; MECHANICALLY ALLOYED; N-TYPE MATERIALS; POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; POWER DENSITIES; POWER SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ALLOY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PIPE; POLYMER; SENSOR; SUBSTRATE; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84938062602     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.07.066     Document Type: Article

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