Thermal energy harvesting from the human body using flexible thermoelectric generator (FTEG) fabricated by a dispenser printing technique

Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2016, Pages 1081-1091

  Siddique, Abu Raihan Mohammad ^a   Rabari, Ronil ^a   Mahmud, Shohel ^a   Heyst, Bill Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispenser printing technology; Flexible TEG; Human body waste heat energy; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Thermoelectric (TE) material properties

Indexed keywords

DISPENSERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY HARVESTING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PRINTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE HEAT;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FLEXIBLE TEG; HEAT ENERGY; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

FABRICATION;

ELECTRICAL POWER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMER; POWER GENERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THERMAL POWER;

ENERGY; PRINTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84991275671     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.09.087     Document Type: Article

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