Enhanced thermoelectric properties exhibited by unreduced freestanding graphene oxide/carbon nanotube membranes
Md. Saidul Islam, Hitomi Ohmagari, Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Yuta Shudo, Masahiro Fukuda, Junya Yagyu, Yoshihiro Sekine, Leonard F. Lindoy, Shinya Hayami
Abstract
The considerable thermoelectric power factor of 5.33 × 10 −2 μW mK −2 observed for unreduced GO/CNT (1 : 2 ratio) implies the suitability of unreduced GO/CNT as a flexible thermoelectric material.
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