1. High-Performance MoS 2 /SWCNT Composite Films for a Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator.
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Jiang D, Li Y, Li Z, Yang Z, Xia Z, Fu P, Zhang Y, and Du F
- Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-based thermoelectric materials have been extensively studied in the field of flexible wearable devices due to their high flexibility and excellent electrical conductivity (σ). However, poor Seebeck coefficient ( S ) and high thermal conductivity limit their thermoelectric application. In this work, free-standing MoS
2 /SWCNT composite films with improved thermoelectric performance were fabricated by doping SWCNTs with MoS2 nanosheets. The results demonstrated that the energy filtering effect at the MoS2 /SWCNT interface increased the S of composites. In addition, the σ of composites was also improved due to the reason that S -π interaction between MoS2 and SWCNTs made good contact between MoS2 and SWCNTs and improved carrier transport. Finally, the obtained MoS2 /SWCNT showed a maximum power factor of 131.9 ± 4.5 μW m-1 K-2 at room temperature with a σ of 680 ± 6.7 S cm-1 and an S of 44.0 ± 1.7 μV K-1 at a MoS2 /SWCNT mass ratio of 15:100. As a demonstration, a thermoelectric device composed of three pairs of p-n junctions was prepared, which exhibited a maximum output power of 0.43 μW at a temperature gradient of 50 K. Therefore, this work offers a simple method of enhancing the thermoelectric properties of SWCNT-based materials.- Published
- 2023
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