Modeling of thin-film solar thermoelectric generators

Improvements to Solar Thermoelectric Generators

A solar thermoelectric generator (STEG) is a device which converts sunlight into electricity through the thermoelectric effect. A STEG is nominally formed when a thermoelectric generator (TEG), a type of solid state heat engine, is placed between a solar absorber and a heat sink. When the solar absorber is illuminated by sunlight, it heats up and the TEG is subjected to a temperature gradient. ...

Fabrication of thin-film thermoelectric generators with ball lenses for conversion of near-infrared solar light

Powering a Cat Warmer Using Bi2Te3 Thin-Film Thermoelectric Conversion of Microprocessor Waste Heat

New thin-film materials offer potentially greater efficiencies when converting heat to electricity using the thermoelectric effect. Applied to microprocessors, this technology can mitigate a number of critical problems in one fell swoop: the dangerous amount of heat produced by laptops [14], [17], climate-change inducing electricity consumption [11], and unhappy house-cats that are insufficient...

Modeling and Control of Thin Film Surface Morphology : Application to Thin Film Solar Cells

OF THE DISSERTATION Modeling and Control of Thin Film Surface Morphology: Application to Thin Film Solar Cells

Developmemnt of Flexible Thermoelectric Generator Using Fpcb

We proposed the flexible thermoelectric generator (TEG) using double side FPCB (flexible printed circuit boards). The proposed flexible thermoelectric generator has the unique vertical structure. The heat of the flexible thermoelectric generator flows vertically via plated through hole (PTH). The n-type (Bi-Te) and p-type (Sb-Te) thin films are deposited by the co-evaporator and patterned using...