Novel hybrid organic thermoelectric materials:three-component hybrid films consisting of a nanoparticle polymer complex, carbon nanotubes, and vinyl polymer

Naoki Toshima; Keisuke Oshima; Hiroaki Anno; Takahiko Nishinaka; Shoko Ichikawa; Arihiro Iwata; Yukihide Shiraishi

doi:10.1002/adma.201405463

Novel hybrid organic thermoelectric materials:three-component hybrid films consisting of a nanoparticle polymer complex, carbon nanotubes, and vinyl polymer

Adv Mater. 2015 Apr 1;27(13):2246-51. doi: 10.1002/adma.201405463. Epub 2015 Feb 16.

Authors

Naoki Toshima¹, Keisuke Oshima, Hiroaki Anno, Takahiko Nishinaka, Shoko Ichikawa, Arihiro Iwata, Yukihide Shiraishi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science Yamaguchi, SanyoOnoda-shi, Yamaguchi, 756-0884, Japan; Advanced Materials Institute, Tokyo University of Science Yamaguchi, SanyoOnoda-shi, Yamaguchi, 756-0884, Japan.

PMID: 25689137
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201405463

Abstract

A novel class of hybrid organic thermoelectric materials is demonstrated for the first time for constructing flexible thermoelectric devices on polyimide substrates with high output power by using nanotechnology instead of conducting polymers such as poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). The hybrid organic thermoelectric materials are composed of nanoparticles of a polymer complex, carbon nanotubes, and poly(vinyl chloride), and show high performance (dimensionless thermoelectric figure-of-merit, ZT ≈ 0.3, based on the thermal conductivity through the film).

Keywords: carbon nanotubes; conducting polymer complexes; hybrid films; nanoparticle dispersions; organic thermoelectric materials.