Anisotropic thermoelectric generator made from long Bi microwire in glass coating

Abstract

There are many reasons we are looking towards alternative energy sources. As a source of heat for thermoelectric generators (the thermoelectric method of thermal energy conversion into electric energy) involves unconventional renewable sources of thermal energy: from solar energy to the heat of human body. Currently, for thermoelectric conversion of heat most widely used approach based on the Seebeck and Peltier effects created at the interface of two materials with different values S of the Seebeck coefficient. Another type of thermoelectric converter is the anisotropic thermoelement (AT) using anisotropy of thermoelectric power.