Energy turnaround: Printing of thermoelectric generators

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Beitragende

  • Ines Dani - , Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Aljoscha Roch - , Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Lukas Stepien - , Professur für Werkstofftechnik, Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Christoph Leyens - , Professur für Werkstofftechnik, Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Moritz Greifzu - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Marian von Lukowicz - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

Waste heat in the temperature range up to 100 °C can be found in virtually all areas of industry and building and is often the hardest to recover cost-efficiently. It accounts for more than 50 % of the total heat generated in industry [1]. Therefore, increasing interest is noticed in thermoelectric harvesters in the operation temperature range from room temperature up to 100 °C. The aim of this work is the development of materials and processes for the material and cost efficient scalable production of TEGs. PEDOT:PSS is an interesting p-type conducting polymer suitable for printing of TEGs. A printed unileg generator, i.e. by using just a p-conductive material, was realised by dispenser printing of DMSO-doped PEDOT:PSS on polyimide. Contacts were made from silver. A TEG with 60 legs was characterized. The internal resistance is increasing linearly with the number of legs, confirming the good reproducibility of the printing process. By using a multi-layer design the resistance can be decreased by more than 50 %. A temperature difference of 90 K results in a voltage of 37 mV (at 20 °C at the cold side).

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelDigital Product and Process Development Systems - IFIP TC 5 International Conference, NEW PROLAMAT 2013, Proceedings
Redakteure/-innenGeorge L. Kovacs, Detlef Kochan
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer Verlag, New York
Seiten181-184
Seitenumfang4
ISBN (Print)9783642413285
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2013
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Band411
ISSN1868-4238

Konferenz

TitelIFIP TC 5 International Conference on Digital Product and Process Development Systems, NEW PROLAMAT 2013
Dauer10 - 11 Oktober 2013
StadtDresden
LandDeutschland