Recent advances in CNT/graphene based thermoelectric polymer nanocomposite: A proficient move towards waste energy harvesting

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 653-671

  Dey, Abhijit ^a   Bajpai, Om Prakash ^a,b   Sikder, Arun K ^a   Chattopadhyay, Santanu ^a,b   Shafeeuulla Khan, Md Abdul ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Graphene; Polymer; Seebeck coefficient; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; YARN;

CARBON NANO-TUBES; LOW-COSTS; LOWER DENSITY; ORGANIC COMPOSITES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER-NANOCOMPOSITE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; WASTE ENERGY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84942893485     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.004     Document Type: Review

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