One-step interfacial synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Ag/Cu-poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanostructured composites

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Cai, Kefeng ^a,b   Chen, Song ^a   Shen, Shirley ^c   Yao, Xi ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ag; Cu; Interfacial polymerization; One dimensional nanostructures; Poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene); Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; COPPER; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; HEXANE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NEEDLES; POLYMERIZATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE (EDOT); 3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

SILVER;

ACETONITRILE; COPER POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); COPPER NANOPARTICLE; GLYCOL; HEXANE; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84903428148     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2531-y     Document Type: Article

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