Dispenser-printed planar thick-film thermoelectric energy generators

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dc.contributor.authorChen, A
dc.contributor.authorMadan, Deepa
dc.contributor.authorWright, P K
dc.contributor.authorEvans, J W
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T20:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-29
dc.description.abstractThis work presents advancements in dispenser-printed thick film thermoelectric materials for the fabrication of planar and printable thermoelectric energy generators. The thermoelectric properties of the printed thermoelectric materials were measured as a function of temperature. The maximum dimensionless figures of merit (ZTs) at 302 K for the n-type Bi₂Te₃-epoxy composite and the p-type Sb₂Te₃-epoxy composite are 0.18 and 0.19, respectively. A 50-couple prototype with 5 mm × 640 µm × 90 µm printed element dimensions was fabricated on a polyimide substrate with evaporated metal contacts. The prototype device produced a power output of 10.5 µW at 61.3 µA and 171.6 mV for a temperature difference of 20 K resulting in a device areal power density of 75 µW cm⁻².
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors thank the California Energy Commission for supporting this research under contract 500-01-43. We also thank Brian Mahlstedt, Christine Ho, Jonathan Brown, Kevin Huang, Rei-Cheng Juang, Michael Nill and Mike Koplow for their contributions.
dc.description.urihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0960-1317/21/10/104006/meta
dc.format.extent9 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2z23i-nhc9
dc.identifier.citationChen, A, D Madan, P K Wright, and J W Evans. “Dispenser-Printed Planar Thick-Film Thermoelectric Energy Generators.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 21, no. 10 (2011): 104006. https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/21/10/104006.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/21/10/104006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/39730
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIOP
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Mechanical Engineering Department
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dc.subjectUMBC FlexMESHED Lab
dc.subjectUMBC Mechanical Engineering S-STEM Program
dc.titleDispenser-printed planar thick-film thermoelectric energy generators
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-2715

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