A Thin-Film Thermoelectric Generator for Large-Area Applications

Kirsi Tappura; Kaarle Jaakkola

doi:10.3390/proceedings2130779

A Thin-Film Thermoelectric Generator for Large-Area Applications

Kirsi Tappura^*
, Kaarle Jaakkola

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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
Article number	779
Journal	Proceedings
Volume	2
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2130779
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/

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thin film
thermoelectric generator
energy harvesting
Large-area TEG
Aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO)
in-plane heat transfer
Finite element method
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