IEC 62830-5:2021

IEC 62830-5 ®
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Semiconductor devices – Semiconductor devices for energy harvesting and
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Part 5: Test method for measuring generated power from flexible thermoelectric
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Partie 5: Méthode d’essai pour la mesure de la puissance générée par des
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IEC 62830-5 ®
Edition 1.0 2021-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
Semiconductor devices – Semiconductor devices for energy harvesting and

generation –
Part 5: Test method for measuring generated power from flexible thermoelectric

devices
Dispositifs à semiconducteurs – Dispositifs à semiconducteurs pour

récupération et production d’énergie –

Partie 5: Méthode d’essai pour la mesure de la puissance générée par des

dispositifs thermoélectriques souples

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Testing method . 6
4.1 General experimental apparatus . 6
4.2 Application to flexible thermoelectric devices . 8
4.3 Report of results . 11
Annex A (informative) Example of experimental set-up and data for performance of
thermoelectric device . 12
A.1 Schematic experimental set-up for measuring generated power in a
thermoelectric device under the bending condition . 12
A.2 Experimental set-up for measuring contact pressure between a device and
the cold or hot side . 13
A.3 Example of experimentally measured data under different conditions . 14
Bibliography . 16

Figure 1 – General measurement apparatus for generated power in thermoelectric
device . 7
Figure 2 – Experimental apparatus for generated power in flexible thermoelectric
device . 9
Figure 3 – Experimental apparatus for different bending radiuses of curvature. 10
Figure A.1 – Example of experimental schematic diagram and set-up for measuring the
performance parameters of a flexible thermoelectric device under the bending
condition . 13
Figure A.2 – Example of experimental set-up for measuring generated electric power . 14
Figure A.3 – Example of experimental data for generated power from a flexible
thermoelectric device under different conditions. 15

Table 1 – Relation between the bending radius of curvature and typical parts of the
human body . 10
Table 2 – Required parameters to be included in the test report . 11
Table 3 – Experimentally determined parameters for thermoelectric device . 11

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Semiconductor devices.
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