Practical evaluation of organic polymer thermoelectrics by large-area R2R processing on flexible substrates

Energy Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-88

  Søndergaard, Roar R ^a   Hösel, Markus ^a   Espinosa, Nieves ^a   Jørgensen, Mikkel ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Device architecture; Large scale; Life cycle assessment; Polymer; Roll to roll; Serial connection; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; LARGE SCALE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ROLL TO ROLL; SERIAL CONNECTION; THERMOELECTRIC;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 85021246768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20500505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ese3.8     Document Type: Article

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