A thermoelectric converter for energy supply

Glosch, H.; Ashauer, M.; Pfeiffer, Ullrich R.; Lang, Walter

doi:10.1016/s0924-4247(98)00298-2

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“…Therefore, integration of these materials into chip-harvesting devices is technically challenging. On the contrary, doped bulk-Si may be appealing but its figure-of-merit is remarkably low, ZT=0.01 at thermogenerators with many elements per device have been fabricated in an augmented BiCMOS process [7,8], however their low power output limit the range of applications.…”

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Micropower thermoelectric generator from thin Si membranes

et al. 2014

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We report the development of a Si-based micro thermogenerator build from silicon-oninsulator by using standard CMOS processing. Ultrathin layers of Si, 100 nm in thickness, with embedded n and p-type doped regions electrically connected in series and thermally in parallel, are the active elements of the thermoelectric device that generate the thermopower under various thermal gradients. This proof-of-concept device produces an output power density of 4.5 µW/cm 2 under a temperature difference of 5 K across the hot and cold regions.

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“…Thermoelectric generators manufactured commercially or reported through publications belong to one of these two categories. TEGs reported by Glosch et al (1999) and Rowe et al (1989) have their TE legs laid laterally on their respective substrates, whereas those demonstrated by Snyder for JPL (Snyder et al 2003), Bottner for Micropelt (Bottner et al 2004), Kishi for Seiko (Kishi et al 1999) and many others have a vertical layout. In both cases the two temperatures are on the same side of the substrate (Fig.…”

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Power generation from thermoelectric system-embedded Plexiglas for green building technology

Inayat

Hussain

2012

Appl Nanosci

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CitationInayat SB, Hussain MM (2013) Abstract Thermoelectric materials embedded through or inside exterior glass windows can act as a viable source of supplemental power in geographic locations where hot weather dominates. This thermoelectricity is generated because of the thermal difference between the high temperature outside and the relatively cold temperature inside. Using physical vapor deposition process, we experimentally verify this concept by embedding bismuth telluride and antimony telluride through the 5 mm Plexiglas to demonstrate 10 nW of thermopower generation with a temperature gradient of 21°C. Albeit tiny at this point with non-optimized design and development, this concept can be extended for relatively large-scale power generation as an additional power supply for green building technology.

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“…The majority of the work under investigation today has focused on the miniaturization of macro-scale, fuel dependant power technologies such as microturbines (1) and micro-generators, (2). Micro-power technologies that use their environment for their sources of input energy (3)(4)(5)(6), as opposed to requiring on board fuel, should provide the benefits of longer operational lifetimes and significantly lower system weight and volume. One detriment to these other approaches is the energy conversion loss associated with transformations from multiple energy domains.…”

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Modeling, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric MEMS Vibrational Energy Reclamation Device

Pulskamp¹

2005

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A thermoelectric converter for energy supply

Cited by 78 publications

References 3 publications

Micropower thermoelectric generator from thin Si membranes

Micropower thermoelectric generator from thin Si membranes

Power generation from thermoelectric system-embedded Plexiglas for green building technology

Modeling, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric MEMS Vibrational Energy Reclamation Device

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