In this study, we demonstrate an energy device that consists of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) and a micro supercapacitor (MSC); electricity generated by the TEG is directly stored in the MSC. In this energy device, an interdigitated MSC is directly linked to a ring-patterned TEG with 80 pn modules that consist of p-Ag₂Te and n-Ag₂Se thin films. The ring-patterned TEG is designed for the effective use of thermal energy; a circular metal pad is added in its central area to maximize the absorption of thermal energy from a finger and from solar heat. The voltage of the MSC is rapidly raised up to 169 mV at a temperature difference of 8.6 K for the ring-patterned TEG; a volumetric energy density of 1.1 mJ/cm³ and a power density of 89.5 mW/cm³ are exhibited. In addition, our ring-patterned energy device generates and stores a voltage of 100 mV from the thermal energy of a finger with a raising rate of 0.1 V/min. Moreover, we examine the feasibility of the energy device consisting of a metal pad coated with solar-heat-absorption material when sunlight is used as the thermal energy source.

在这项研究中，我们演示了一种由热电发生器（TEG）和微型超级电容器（MSC）组成的能量设备；TEG产生的电直接存储在MSC中。在这种能量装置中，一个相互交叉的MSC直接链接到具有80 pn模块的环形图案TEG，该模块由p -Ag ₂ Te和n -Ag ₂ Se薄膜组成。环形TEG设计用于有效利用热能。在其中心区域添加了圆形金属垫，以最大程度地吸收手指和太阳热能。对于环形图案的TEG，在8.6 K的温差下，MSC的电压迅速升高到169 mV。体积能量密度为1.1 mJ / cm^{如图3所示}，功率密度为89.5mW / cm ³。此外，我们的环形图案能量设备会以0.1 V / min的上升速率从手指的热能生成并存储100 mV的电压。此外，我们研究了在将太阳光用作热能源时，由覆盖有太阳热吸收材料的金属垫组成的能量装置的可行性。