Enhancement of the electrical conductivity of defective carbon nanotube sheets for organic hybrid thermoelectrics by deposition of Pd nanoparticles
Keisuke Oshima, Yukihide Shiraishi, Takuya Matsumura, Ayumi Kuriyama, Kazuki Taguchi, Junta Inoue, Hiroaki Anno, Naoki Toshima
Abstract
Pd nanoparticles can cover the defects of carbon nanotubes by a chemical reduction, which results in an increased carrier transport, then a high thermoelectric figure-of-merit, <italic>ZT</italic> = 0.3, in the sheets of the defect-repaired carbon nanotubes.
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Carbon nanotubeMaterials scienceNanoparticleNanotechnologyThermoelectric materialsFigure of meritCarbon fibersElectrical resistivity and conductivityNanocompositeThermoelectric effectDeposition (geology)Composite materialOptoelectronicsThermal conductivityComposite numberPaleontologyThermodynamicsPhysicsEngineeringSedimentElectrical engineeringBiologyAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesCarbon Nanotubes in CompositesConducting polymers and applications