Effect of interfacial properties on polymer-nanocrystal thermoelectric transport.

Authors :: Coates NE
Yee SK
McCulloch B
See KC
Majumdar A
Segalman RA
Urban JJ
Source :: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) [Adv Mater] 2013 Mar 20; Vol. 25 (11), pp. 1629-33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 28.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The electrical behavior of a conducting-polymer/inorganic-nanowire composite is explained with a model in which carrier transport occurs predominantly through a highly conductive volume of polymer that exists at the polymer-nanowire interface. This result highlights the importance of controlling nanoscale interfaces for thermoelectric materials, and provides a general route for improving carrier transport in organic/inorganic composites.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)

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