The effect of aromatic ring size in electron deficient semiconducting polymers for n-type organic thermoelectrics
Maryam Alsufyani, Rawad K. Hallani, Suhao Wang, Mingfei Xiao, Xudong Ji, Bryan D. Paulsen, Kai Xu, Helen Bristow, Hu Chen, Xingxing Chen, Henning Sirringhaus, Jonathan Rivnay, Simone Fabiano, Iain McCulloch
Abstract
N-type semiconducting polymers have been recently utilized in thermoelectric devices, however they have typically exhibited low electrical conductivities and poor device stability, in contrast to p-type semiconductors, which have been much higher performing.
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Materials scienceThermoelectric materialsOrganic semiconductorPolymerThermoelectric effectSemiconductorElectronRing (chemistry)OptoelectronicsNanotechnologyComposite materialOrganic chemistryThermal conductivityThermodynamicsChemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices