The thermoelectric generator and method for manufacturing a thermoelectric generator

The present invention relates to a thermoelectric generator and a method for manufacturing a thermoelectric generator. The thermoelectric generator has a first area with thermoelectric material (2) which is applied to a first area of ​​a surface of a porous, at least partially electrically insulating support material (1). With a second portion of the surface of the support material (1) which is coated with another thermoelectric material (3) or with an electrically conductive coating (4), the thermoelectric material is electrically conductive or semi-conductive manner or the thermoelectric material (2) is electrically conductively connected to an electrical conductor.