Power generation function-equipped secondary battery
AssigneeGce Institute Inc.
InventorsHiroshi Goto, Minoru Sakata, Takuo Yasuda, Lars Mattias Andersson, Seiji Okada, Takahiro Nakamura
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Abstract
A power generation function-equipped secondary battery using a thermoelectric element includes the thermoelectric element, the thermoelectric element being in contact with a heat medium that has a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature of outside air and not requiring a temperature difference between electrodes, and a secondary battery electrically connected to the thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric element includes a pair of electrodes having work functions different from each other.
Claims10
A power generation function-equipped secondary battery using a thermoelectric element, the power generation function-equipped secondary battery comprising:
- the thermoelectric element, the thermoelectric element being in contact with a heat medium that has a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature of outside air and not requiring a temperature difference between electrodes;
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- a secondary battery electrically connected to the thermoelectric element, wherein
- the thermoelectric element includes a pair of electrodes having work functions different from each other.
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