The cross-interface energy-filtering effect at organic/inorganic interfaces balances the trade-off between thermopower and conductivity
Zizhen Lin, Hao Dang, Chunyu Zhao, Yanzheng Du, Cheng Chi, Weigang Ma, Yinshi Li, Xing Zhang
Abstract
A cooperative 3D carrier transport mode including the 1D metallic transport along the paracrystalline PANI and the 2D cross-interface energy-filtering transport balances the trade-off between thermopower and conductivity.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceThermoelectric effectParacrystallineSeebeck coefficientConductivityHeterojunctionCharge carrierWork (physics)Chemical physicsOptoelectronicsComposite materialThermal conductivityChemistryThermodynamicsPhysicsCrystallographyPhysical chemistryAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies