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PEDOT-based thermoelectric nanocomposites – A mini-review.
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Synthetic Metals . Apr2017, Vol. 226, p119-128. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Nowadays, thermoelectric (TE) materials have gained considerable attention due to their unique ability to directly convert waste heat to electricity and vice versa . For a long time, researchers have mainly focused on developing high-performance inorganic TE materials, e.g., Bi-Te, Pb-Te, and Si-Ge based alloys, etc. However, inorganic TE materials have various disadvantages, such as high-cost, heavy metal contamination, as well as relatively poor processability, etc. Compared to inorganic TE materials, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) has great potential to be used for TE materials, due to its low thermal conductivity, low-cost, and low-density, etc. Therefore, more and more attention has been focused on the preparation and TE properties of PEDOT and PEDOT based nanocomposites, especially one-dimensional (1-D) PEDOT and 1-D PEDOT based nanocomposites, due to 1-D nanostructures always have enhanced TE properties. This article presents an overview of the synthesis of PEDOT nanoparticles, 1-D PEDOT nanostructures and their corresponding nanocomposites, as well as TE properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03796779
- Volume :
- 226
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Synthetic Metals
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122155307
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2017.02.007