Novel Hybrid Organic Thermoelectric Materials:Three‐Component Hybrid Films Consisting of a Nanoparticle Polymer Complex, Carbon Nanotubes, and Vinyl Polymer

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201405463
• Publication Date: 2015-02-16T15:40:36Z
• Authors: Naoki Toshima; Keisuke Oshima; Hiroaki Anno; Takahiko Nishinaka; Shoko Ichikawa; Arihiro Iwata; Yukihide Shiraishi
• Keywords: Thermoelectric generator

A novel class of hybrid organic thermoelectric materials is demonstrated for the first time constructing flexible devices on polyimide substrates with high output power by using nanotechnology instead conducting polymers such as poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). The are composed nanoparticles a polymer complex, carbon nanotubes, and poly(vinyl chloride), show performance (dimensionless figure-of-merit, ZT ≈ 0.3, based thermal conductivity through film).