Simultaneously improving electrical conductivity and thermopower of polyaniline composites by utilizing carbon nanotubes as high mobility conduits

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9589-9597

  Wang, Hong ^a   Yi, Su In ^a   Pu, Xiong ^b   Yu, Choongho ^a,b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube composites; carrier concentration; mobility; polyaniline; simultaneous improvement; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; HOLE MOBILITY; POLYANILINE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; YARN;

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; POLYANILINE COMPOSITES; SIMULTANEOUS IMPROVEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84929377238     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01149     Document Type: Article

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