화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Macromolecular Research, Vol.28, No.6, 531-552, June, 2020
DOI10.1007/s13233-020-8116-y  Export Citation
Recent Progress in Organic Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Soonyong Lee, Soohyun Kim1, Ambika Pathak, Ayushi Tripathi, Tian Qiao1, Yeran Lee, Hyunjung Lee1, †, and Han Young Woo†
  • Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea
  • 1School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin Univ., Jeongneung-ro 77, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02707, Korea
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In recent years, thermoelectric (TE) devices have attracted a growing attention due to their promising ability to convert waste heat into readily available electric energy. Compared to inorganic counterparts, organic TE devices emerged as the potential candidates for room-temperature and flexible (even wearable) TE power generation. During last few decades, extensive studies have been performed on the p- and n-type materials and devices to build up the inter-relationship among the TE parameters (i.e., electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity and power factors), demonstrating a great potential of organic TEs. In this review, recent progresses in the organic TE materials and devices, dopants and doping method, charge transport models and flexible TE device applications are summarized and the key strategies and future prospects to further optimize TE performance are discussed.
Keywords:organic thermoelectrics;waste heat;Seebeck coefficient;conductivity;power factor
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