Abstract
A thin-film thermoelectric generator (TEG) applying a novel folded design where both the heat flux and current flow are in the plane of the thin-film is presented. The performance of the first fabricated devices is demonstrated and the results compared with the computational ones. The produced power is analyzed against the power requirements of a wireless sensor node and it is shown that a thermoelectric module of the area of <1 m2 consisting of the novel TEG units is able to power a wireless sensor node of various sensors applicable e.g., to environmental monitoring of a building. The integration of energy-autonomous sensors for multifunctional smart windows providing the required temperature gradient is anticipated.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 779 |
| Journal | Proceedings |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
| Event | Eurosensors 2018 Conference - Graz, Austria Duration: 9 Sept 2018 → 12 Dec 2018 Conference number: 32 https://eurosensors2018.eu/ |
Keywords
- thin film
- thermoelectric generator
- energy harvesting
- Large-area TEG
- Aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO)
- in-plane heat transfer
- Finite element method
- OtaNano