Preparation and thermoelectric properties of diphenylaminobenzylidene-substituted poly(3-methylthiophene methine)/graphite composite

RSC Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 107, 2014, Pages 62096-62104

  Li, Junjie ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Jia, Xiaole ^a   Xiang, Xiongzhi ^a   Ho, Cheuk Lam ^b   Wong, Wai Yeung ^b   Li, Hua ^c  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BULK COMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; FIGURE OF MERITS; INORGANIC COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL BALL MILLING; SUBSTITUTED POLIES; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84912098833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09621e     Document Type: Article

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