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Materials for a novel thermoelectric generator with a high degree of design freedom

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Stöcker, Thomas ; Plochmann, Bastian ; Lang, Steffen ; Rüger, Reinhold ; Moos, Ralf:
Materials for a novel thermoelectric generator with a high degree of design freedom.
2014
Veranstaltung: ICT2014: International Conference on Thermoelectrics , 06.-10-07.2014 , Nashville, USA.
(Veranstaltungsbeitrag: Kongress/Konferenz/Symposium/Tagung , Sonstige Präsentationstyp)

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Projekttitel:
Offizieller Projekttitel
Projekt-ID
Thermo-Oxid-Power – Strom aus Wärme (TOP)
03X3553D

Projektfinanzierung: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Abstract

Commonly used thermoelectric generators (TEG) exhibit an in-plane configuration of alternating rigid ceramic modules, consisting of n-type and p-type thermoelectric materials. Therefore, the connection of heat exchange devices to the TEG is often complicated when designing a thermoelectric module. In our work, we describe a novel TEG with a high degree of design freedom. By using flexible ceramic polymer hybrid materials, the shape of the TEG is determined only by the processability of the polymer and thus the link to the complete thermoelectric system is enormously variable.
A novel tubular modular TEG was developed with the purpose to use low-cost, highly flexible and highly available thermoelectric oxides. Therefore, a large variety of metal oxides were investigated with the aim to combine good thermoelectric properties with the processability of polymer materials, whereupon ceramic powders were used as fillers in a polysiloxane matrix with different filling degrees.

The reduction of electrical contact resistances between the ceramic particles in the polymer compound was found out to be the most important issue. Concerning the n-type conducting material for the TEG, mica platelets coated with Sb-doped SnO2 and globular particles of SnO2 were investigated. For the p-type semiconductor, the titanium suboxide Ti2O3 and Cu-Delafossites (CuFeO2) were doped with different transition metals, to find the optimum between electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient.

By combining the above mentioned optimization methods with a thermal after treatment in defined gas atmospheres, both the thermoelectric properties and the processability of the investigated materials could be improved, so a tubular TEG prototype with circular thermoelectric modules could have been developed. Its power output is considered high enough for energy self-sustaining sensor applications at temperatures up to 500 °C.

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Publikationsform: Veranstaltungsbeitrag (Sonstige)
Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten > Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl Funktionsmaterialien > Lehrstuhl Funktionsmaterialien - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Moos
Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl Funktionsmaterialien
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields > Neue Materialien
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren > Bayreuther Materialzentrum - BayMAT
Profilfelder
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields
Forschungseinrichtungen
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften
Eingestellt am: 12 Mai 2015 11:52
Letzte Änderung: 15 Apr 2016 07:23
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/13168