High thermal conductivity states and enhanced figure of merit in aligned polymer thermoelectric materials
Thibault Degousée, Viktoriia Untilova, Vishnu Vijayakumar, Xinzhao Xu, Yiwei Sun, Matteo Palma, Martin Brinkmann, Laure Biniek, Oliver Fenwick
Abstract
Control of morphology and chain alignment in polymer thermoelectric materials is critical to their performance. A x25 improvement in zT is reported for chain aligned films.
Topics & Concepts
Thermoelectric effectFigure of meritThermal conductivityMaterials scienceThermoelectric materialsChain (unit)PolymerComposite materialThermalEngineering physicsOptoelectronicsPhysicsThermodynamicsAstronomyAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applications