Review on Polymers for Thermoelectric Applications

被引：191

作者：

Culebras, Mario ^{[1
]}

Gomez, Clara M. ^{[1
]}

Cantarero, Andres ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Valencia, Inst Mat Sci, Valencia 46071, Spain

来源：

MATERIALS | 2014年 / 7卷 / 09期

关键词：

intrinsically conducting polymers; thermoelectrics; nanocomposites; ACID-DOPED POLYANILINE; TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES; POWER FACTORS; THIN-FILMS; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOSITES;

D O I：

10.3390/ma7096701

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In this review, we report the state-of-the-art of polymers in thermoelectricity. Classically, a number of inorganic compounds have been considered as the best thermoelectric materials. Since the prediction of the improvement of the figure of merit by means of electronic confinement in 1993, it has been improved by a factor of 3-4. In the mean time, organic materials, in particular intrinsically conducting polymers, had been considered as competitors of classical thermoelectrics, since their figure of merit has been improved several orders of magnitude in the last few years. We review here the evolution of the figure of merit or the power factor during the last years, and the best candidates to compete with inorganic materials. We also outline the best polymers to substitute classical thermoelectric materials and the advantages they present in comparison with inorganic systems.

引用

页码：6701 / 6732

页数：32

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