Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers with Ionic Conductors

Polymer/inorganic thermoelectric composites have witnessed rapid progress in recent years, but most of the studies have focused on the traditional conducting polymers. The limited structures of traditional conducting polymers restrain the development of organic thermoelectric composites. Herein, we report the preparation and thermoelectric properties of a series of composites films based on SWCNTs and bipyridine-containing polyfluorene derivatives. The value of the power factor around 12 μW m−1 K−2 was achieved for the composite F8bpy/SWCNTs with a mass ratio of 50/50, and the maximum value of 62.3 μW m−1 K−2 was obtained when the mass ratio reached 10/90. Moreover, taking advantage of the bipyridine unit could chelate various kinds of metal ions to form polymer complexes. The enhanced power factor of 87.3 μW m−1 K−2 was obtained for composite F8bpy-Ni/SWCNTs with a mass ratio of 50/50. Finally, the thermoelectric properties of the bipyridine-containing polyfluorene derivative/SWCNT composites were conveniently tuned by chelating with different metal ions.

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Thermoelectric Properties of Solution-Processed n-Doped Ladder-Type Conducting Polymers

Advanced Materials ◽

10.1002/adma.201701535 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 29 (21) ◽

Author(s):

Suhao Wang ◽

Hengda Sun ◽

Ujwala Ail ◽

Mikhail Vagin ◽

Per O. Å. Persson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Conducting Polymers ◽

Thermoelectric Properties ◽

Solution Processed

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Effects of one- and two-dimensional carbon hybridization of PEDOT:PSS on the power factor of polymer thermoelectric energy conversion devices

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c4ta06710j ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

pp. 6526-6533 ◽

Cited By ~ 93

Author(s):

Dohyuk Yoo ◽

Jeonghun Kim ◽

Seung Hwan Lee ◽

Wonseok Cho ◽

Hyang Hee Choi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Conducting Polymers ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Thermoelectric Properties ◽

Power Factor ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Thermoelectric Energy Conversion ◽

Thermoelectric Energy ◽

Polymer Thermoelectric ◽

Energy Conversion Devices

Synergic effects of conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene result in the enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanocomposites.

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THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF POLYOCTYLTHIOPHENE AND OTHER CONDUCTING POLYMERS

Electromagnetic Wave Interactions - Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series B ◽

10.1142/9789812813091_0006 ◽

1996 ◽

pp. 255-267

Author(s):

BARBARA F. HOWELL ◽

THOMAS GRACIK ◽

HERMAN ZINNEN

Keyword(s):

Conducting Polymers ◽

Thermoelectric Properties

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Crystallinity-Dependent Thermoelectric Properties of a Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymer: Ni3(2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene)2

Polymers ◽

10.3390/polym10090962 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 962 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi ◽

Dai Sato ◽

Tsuyoshi Kawai

Keyword(s):

Coordination Polymer ◽

Conducting Polymers ◽

Electronic Properties ◽

Thermoelectric Properties ◽

Standard Method ◽

Thermoelectric Materials ◽

High Performance ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Thermoelectric Transport ◽

Systematic Feedback

The evaluation of thermoelectric properties has recently become a standard method for revealing the electronic properties of conducting polymers. Herein we report on the thermoelectric properties of a two-dimensional coordination polymer pellets. The pellets of Ni3(2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene)2, which has recently been developed, show n-type thermoelectric transport, dependent on crystallinity. The present results provide systematic feedback to the guideline for high-performance molecular thermoelectric materials.

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