Design and fabrication of flexible thermopile for power generation

Author

Hasebe, S. ; Ogawa, J. ; Toriyama, T. ; Sugiyama, S. ; Ueno, H. ; Itoigawa, K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

291

Abstract

In this study, a flexible thermoelectric power generator has been proposed. The proposed thermoelectric power generator is composed of a polyimide sheet, a Ni-Cu thermopile on a polyimide sheet, and heat sink and heat absorber sheets. The flexible thermoelectric power generator has 60mm-length, 45mm-width and 3mm-height. The flexible thermoelectric power generator may be possible to apply on a free form surface. As a result of characteristic evaluation, Seebeck voltage of 15.4μV/K per thermocouple was obtained, and a prospect for practical application was confirmed.

Keywords

electric power generation; sheet materials; thermocouples; thermoelectric conversion; thermoelectric power; thermopiles; 3 mm; 45 mm; 60 mm; Ni-Cu thermopile; NiCu; flexible thermopile fabrication; heat absorber sheets; heat sink; polyimide sheet; thermoelectric power generator; Fabrication; Heat sinks; Lithography; Polyimides; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Thermoelectric devices; Thermoelectricity; Voltage; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2003. MHS 2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8165-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MHS.2003.1249950

Filename

1249950