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Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of a Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework via Iodine Loading
Maria de Lourdes Gonzalez-Juarez1, Mark A Isaacs2,3, Darren Bradshaw1
1School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SouthamptonSO17 1BJ, U.K.
Abstract:
We report the first result of a study in which molecular iodine has been incorporated via incipient wetness impregnation into the two-dimensional semiconducting metal-organic framework (MOF) Cu3(2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene)2 Cu3(HHTP)2 to enhance its thermoelectric properties. A power factor of 0.757 μW m-1 K-2 for this MOF was obtained which demonstrates that this provides an effective route for the preparation of moderate-performance thermoelectric MOFs.
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