Lightweight wearable thermoelectric cooler with rationally designed flexible heatsink consisting of phase-change material/graphite/silicone elastomer

Abstract

We propose a wearable thermoelectric cooler and heatsink based of silicone elastomer, phase-change material, and graphite powder, which can achieve a cooling temperature of ∼5 K at 0.5 W input power for more than 5 h under ambient conditions.