Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems

 

4 Thermopower Wave-Based Micro-and Nanoscale Energy Sources

Sumeet Walia and Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

 

CONTENTS

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Theory of Thin Film-Based Thermopower Wave Oscillations

4.2.1 Characterization

4.2.1.1 X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

4.2.1.2 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and Raman Spectroscopy

4.3 Thermopower Wave Systems

4.3.1 Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube (MWNT)-Based Thermopower Systems

4.4 Bi₂Te₃- and Sb₂Te₃-Based Thermopower Wave Systems

4.4.1 Experimental Details of Thin Film Thermopower Wave Systems

4.4.1.1 Preparation of Fuel

4.4.1.2 Fabrication of the Bi₂Te₃ and Sb₂Te₃ Films

4.4.1.3 Characterization of Films

4.4.2 Results and Discussion

4.4.3 Comparison of Sb₂Te₃- and Bi₂Te₃-Based Thermopower ...