Improved thermoelectric behavior of nanotube-filled polymer composites with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate)

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 513-523

  Kim, Dasaroyong ^a   Kim, Yeonseok ^a   Choi, Kyungwho ^a   Grunlan, Jaime C ^a   Yu, Choongho ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Conducting polymer; PEDOT:PSS; Polymer thermoelectrics; Segregated network; Stabilizer

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; FILLED COMPOSITES; GUM ARABIC; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLYMERIC MATERIAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEGREGATED NETWORK; SINGLE-WALLED; STABILIZER; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES; THERMAL TRANSPORT; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICS; THERMOPOWERS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 75749127837     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9013577     Document Type: Article

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