Issue 24, 2017
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

From materials to device design of a thermoelectric fabric for wearable energy harvesters†

Mitsuhiro Ito,a   Takuya Koizumi,a   Hirotaka Kojima,a   Takeshi Saitob  and  Masakazu Nakamura ORCID logo *a  

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a Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
E-mail: mnakamura@ms.naist.jp
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b Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tsukuba Central 5, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Abstract

We propose a design and fabrication process for fabrics containing thermoelectric generators (TEGs) in the form of carbon nanotube composite threads intended for energy harvesting of low-temperature waste heat. Our prototype thermoelectric fabric with an integrated p/n-stripe-patterned CNT thread shows potential as an easy-to-use power source for wearable electronics.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA00304H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jan 2017
Accepted
02 May 2017
First published
02 May 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 12068-12072

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From materials to device design of a thermoelectric fabric for wearable energy harvesters

M. Ito, T. Koizumi, H. Kojima, T. Saito and M. Nakamura, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 12068 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00304H

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