Silk fabric-based wearable thermoelectric generator for energy harvesting from the human body

Applied Energy

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-63

  Lu, Zhisong ^a   Zhang, Huihui ^a   Mao, Cuiping ^a   Li, Chang Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Flexibility; Silk; Thermoelectric power generator; Wearable electronics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; SILK; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

DIFFERENT VOLTAGES; FLEXIBILITY; HARVESTING ENERGIES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NEW APPROACHES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84949655728     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.038     Document Type: Article

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