期刊
ADVANCED SCIENCE
卷 9, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104915
关键词
BiTe; high temperature difference; printing; solar absorber; thermoelectric; wearable
资金
- Mid-career Researcher Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government [NRF-2018R1A2B2003720]
- Nano.Material Technology Development Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2021M3H4A1A02051234]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2021M3H4A1A02051234] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
A novel wearable thermoelectric generator (WTEG) has been fabricated, which utilizes the dual source of body heat and light for high driving force and power density. By optimizing the fill factor, the WTEG achieves the highest power density among all kinds of WTEGs under actual operating conditions, while retaining a significant portion of its output power at high ambient temperature.
A wearable thermoelectric generator (WTEG) that utilizes human body heat can be a promising candidate for the wearable power generators. The temperature difference (Delta T) between the body and the environment is a stable source driving the WTEG, but this driving force is limited by the ambient temperature itself at the same time. Here, a novel WTEG that can be operated using the dual source of body heat and light with exceptionally high driving force is fabricated. The printable solar absorbing layer attached to the bottom of the WTEG absorbs approximate to 95% of the light from ultraviolet to far infrared and converts it into heat. To optimize the power density of WTEGs, the fill factor of the thermoelectric (TE) leg/electrode is considered through finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation. When operated by the dual sources, the WTEG exhibits a power density of 15.33 mu W cm(-2), which is the highest under actual operating conditions among all kinds of WTEGs. In addition, unlike conventional WTEGs, the WTEG retains 83.1% of its output power at an ambient temperature of 35 degrees C compared to its output power at room temperature. This study will accelerate the commercialization of WTEGs by introducing a novel method to overcome their limitations.
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