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Wearable Thermoelectric Devices

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Wearable thermoelectric devices can be used to harvest electrical energy from human body heat for the realization of wearable self-powered mobile electronics. They require high mechanical and electrical stabilities under cyclic loading. Research trends in wearable thermoelectric devices were investigated from the perspectives of materials, devices, and applications. A method for evaluating the reliability of a wearable thermoelectric device is presented.

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  1. Department of Nano Applied Mechanics, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, South Korea

    Seungwoo Han

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  1. SIT Research Laboratories, Omiya campus, Shibaura Institute of Technology (Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan

    Paolo Mele

  2. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    Dario Narducci

  3. AIST, Tsukuba, Japan

    Michihiro Ohta

  4. JNCASR, Bangalore, India

    Kaniskha Biswas

  5. IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain

    Juan Morante

  6. Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Shrikant Saini

  7. Japan Advanced Chemicals, Atsugi, Japan

    Tamio Endo

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Han, S. (2019). Wearable Thermoelectric Devices. In: Mele, P., et al. Thermoelectric Thin Films. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20043-5_2

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