Copper–cobalt thermoelectric generators: power improvement through optimized thickness and sandwiched planar structure

• Main Authors: Selvan, Krishna Veni, Rehman, Tariq, Saleh, Tanveer, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Sultan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: IEEE 2018
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76283/7/76283%20Copper%E2%80%93Cobalt%20Thermoelectric%20Generators.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76283/8/76283%20Copper%E2%80%93Cobalt%20Thermoelectric%20Generators%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76283/; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8378232
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

In this paper, metallic thermoelectric generators were studied and fabricated using copper (Cu) and cobalt (Co) as their respective positive and negative thermoelements. Thus, the chosen Cu-clad polyimide substrate alleviated the deposition of Cu and eased the microfabrication. A lateral device...