TY - GEN
T1 - Energy harvesting using thermoelectric microgenerators
T2 - 10th International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems, ASDAM 2014
AU - Wachutka, G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/12/24
Y1 - 2014/12/24
N2 - Miniaturized thermoelectric power generators, which are able to convert waste heat into a few microwatts or milliwatts of electrical energy, seem to be particularly attractive for the autonomous power supply of microelectronic circuitry without the use of batteries. However, the conversion efficiencies achieved so far are very small. A critical analysis shows that there is still a certain potential for improvements toward the theoretical limits, but that some expectations seem questionable in view of the physical and technological limitations.
AB - Miniaturized thermoelectric power generators, which are able to convert waste heat into a few microwatts or milliwatts of electrical energy, seem to be particularly attractive for the autonomous power supply of microelectronic circuitry without the use of batteries. However, the conversion efficiencies achieved so far are very small. A critical analysis shows that there is still a certain potential for improvements toward the theoretical limits, but that some expectations seem questionable in view of the physical and technological limitations.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84921824965&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998632
DO - 10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998632
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84921824965
T3 - Conference Proceedings - 10th International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems, ASDAM 2014
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - Conference Proceedings - 10th International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems, ASDAM 2014
A2 - Breza, Juraj
A2 - Donoval, Daniel
A2 - Vavrinsky, Erik
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 20 October 2014 through 22 October 2014
ER -