Double doping approach for unusually stable and large n-type thermoelectric voltage from p-type multi-walled carbon nanotube mats
Qiujun Hu, Zhongxu Lu, Yizhuo Wang, Jing Wang, Hong Wang, Ziping Wu, Guanghao Lu, Hao‐Li Zhang, Choongho Yu
Abstract
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have shown low n-type Seebeck coefficients (−10 μV K<sup>−1</sup>), which are not good enough to prepare high performance low-cost MWCNT based mechanically flexible thermoelectric devices.
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Carbon nanotubeThermoelectric effectMaterials scienceDopingVoltageCarbon fibersNanotechnologyThermoelectric materialsComposite materialOptoelectronicsChemical engineeringComposite numberElectrical engineeringThermodynamicsThermal conductivityEngineeringPhysicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies