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Flexible and Semi‐Transparent Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters from Low Cost Bulk Silicon (100)
Author(s) -
Sevilla Galo Andres Torres,
Inayat Salman Bin,
Rojas Jhonathan Prieto,
Hussain Aftab Mustansir,
Hussain Muhammad Mustafa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201301025
Subject(s) - silicon , wafer , materials science , thermoelectric effect , electronics , optoelectronics , hybrid silicon laser , engineering physics , nanotechnology , electrical engineering , engineering , physics , thermodynamics
Flexible and semi‐transparent high performance thermoelectric energy harvesters are fabricated on low cost bulk mono‐crystalline silicon (100) wafers. The released silicon is only 3.6% as thick as bulk silicon reducing the thermal loss significantly and generating nearly 30% more output power than unpeeled harvesters. This generic batch processing is a pragmatic way of transforming traditional silicon circuitry for extremely deformable high‐performance integrated electronics.