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

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...