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Published on: August 16, 2012
Bulk interpenetration network of thermoelectric polymer in insulating supporting matrix
Guanghao Lu1, Laju Bu, Sijun Li
1State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Str. 5625, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 120 Governors Drive, Massachusetts, 01003, USA.
Abstract:
Thermoelectric properties of conjugated polymers are found to improve upon homogeneously distributing conjugated polymer into an insulating supporting matrix. The local one-dimensional charge transport along the interpenetration conductive network simultaneously leads to lower thermal conductivity, higher electrical conductivity without sacrifice of Seebeck coefficient, and thus a higher figure of merit ZT, as compared with neat conjugated polymer.

