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Presentation 2024-08-05 13:45
[Memorial Lecture] Output Power Properties of Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generators Based on Conductive Fabrics
Hudzaifah Al Hijri, Hiromu Hamasaki, Hiroya Ikeda (Shizuoka Univ.)
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(in English) With the advancement of technology, comes a trend of the development of renewable energy harvesting methods. Besides that, new wearable devices for medical use are also being actively developed, such as smartwatches which measure the human body's well-being. Therefore, research on a self-powered wearable device is needed to sustain these devices for prolonged usage. In this research, we are developing flexible thermoelectric power generators (TEPGs) to convert thermal energy generated from our body heat into power which could sustain wearable devices and technologies. We fabricated flexible TEPGs from conductive fabrics: carbon fabric, nickel-copper fabric, and silver fabric, which we arranged in pairs of π-type modules to make the prototype to be measured for its thermoelectric properties. We then investigated and compared different connecting methods to attach the conductive fabrics to see which had the better contact resistance. Asa result, we found that copper tape was the optimal connector to use, so we fabricated another prototype using it. We measured for its thermoelectric properties and compared it to the previous prototype. As a result, the thermoelectromotive force (TEMF) and output power increased. However, the device’s resistance also increased. Currently, we are evaluating the device’s thermal contact resistance to understand its impact on the device's resistance.
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(in English) Thermal Energy Harvesting / Wearble Device / Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator / Thermoelectromotive Force / Output Power / Contact Resistance / /  
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Committee IEICE-ICD IEICE-SDM IST  
Conference Date 2024-08-05 - 2024-08-07 
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Topics (in English) Analog, Mixed Analog and Digital, RF, and Sensor Interface, Low Voltage/Low Power Techniques, Novel Devices/Circuits, and the Applications 
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Conference Code 2024-08-SDM-ICD-IST 
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Title (in English) Output Power Properties of Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generators Based on Conductive Fabrics 
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Keyword(1) Thermal Energy Harvesting  
Keyword(2) Wearble Device  
Keyword(3) Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator  
Keyword(4) Thermoelectromotive Force  
Keyword(5) Output Power  
Keyword(6) Contact Resistance  
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1st Author's Name Hudzaifah Al Hijri  
1st Author's Affiliation Shizuoka University (Shizuoka Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Hiromu Hamasaki  
2nd Author's Affiliation Shizuoka University (Shizuoka Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Hiroya Ikeda  
3rd Author's Affiliation Shizuoka University (Shizuoka Univ.)
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Date Time 2024-08-05 13:45:00 
Presentation Time 45 minutes 
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