Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

A thermally activated and highly miscible dopant for n-type organic thermoelectrics

  • Chi-Yuan Yang,
  • Yi-Fan Ding,
  • Dazhen Huang,
  • Jue Wang,
  • Ze-Fan Yao,
  • Chun-Xi Huang,
  • Yang Lu,
  • Hio-Ieng Un,
  • Fang-Dong Zhuang,
  • Jin-Hu Dou,
  • Chong-an Di,
  • Daoben Zhu,
  • Jie-Yu Wang,
  • Ting Lei,
  • Jian Pei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17063-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Realizing efficient n-doping in organic thermoelectrics remains a challenge due to dopant-semiconductor immiscibility, poor dopant stability and low doping efficiency. Here, the authors use computer-assisted screening to develop n-dopants for thermoelectric polymers that show record power factors.