Increasing the thermoelectric power factor of polymer composites using a semiconducting stabilizer for carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 885-895

  Moriarty, Gregory P ^a   Wheeler, Jamie N ^a   Yu, Choongho ^a   Grunlan, Jaime C ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-WALLED; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY(VINYL ACETATE) (PVAC); POLYMER COMPOSITE; PORPHINE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVES; POWER FACTORS; SCATTERING CENTERS; SEM IMAGE; SEMICONDUCTING MOLECULES; SODIUM DEOXYCHOLATE; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS;

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; PORPHYRINS; SODIUM; SOLVENTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84155170955     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.09.050     Document Type: Article

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