Graphene based thermoelectric energy harvesting in 3D ICs

This paper presents an idea of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) based on graphene for energy harvesting in 3D ICs. We use encased few-layer graphene as thermoelectric material and stack P-N couples in vertical direction to form the TEG module. The module is then simulated to get the output Seebeck voltage and the I-U character of the TEG.