Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Reversible bipolar thermopower of ionic thermoelectric polymer composite for cyclic energy generation

  • Cheng Chi,
  • Gongze Liu,
  • Meng An,
  • Yufeng Zhang,
  • Dongxing Song,
  • Xin Qi,
  • Chunyu Zhao,
  • Zequn Wang,
  • Yanzheng Du,
  • Zizhen Lin,
  • Yang Lu,
  • He Huang,
  • Yang Li,
  • Chongjia Lin,
  • Weigang Ma,
  • Baoling Huang,
  • Xiaoze Du,
  • Xing Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36018-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Generating continuous power by ionic thermoelectric material modules remains challenging. Here, the authors find the ionic thermoelectric material exhibiting bipolar thermopower property by manipulating the interactions between ions and electrodes.