High performance n-type Ag2Se film on nylon membrane for flexible thermoelectric power generator

Yufei Ding; Yang Qiu; Kefeng Cai; Qin Yao; Song Chen; Lidong Chen; Jiaqing He

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08835-5

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

High performance n-type Ag2Se film on nylon membrane for flexible thermoelectric power generator

Yufei Ding,
Yang Qiu,
Kefeng Cai,
Qin Yao,
Song Chen,
Lidong Chen,
Jiaqing He

Affiliations

Yufei Ding: Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University
Yang Qiu: Physics Department, Southern University of Science and Technology
Kefeng Cai: Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University
Qin Yao: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science
Song Chen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology
Lidong Chen: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science
Jiaqing He: Physics Department, Southern University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08835-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Although flexible thermoelectric materials based on conducting polymers are attractive for energy harvesting, their performance is inferior to their inorganic counterparts. Here, the authors present a facile method to deliver inorganic nanowire films with high power factor and flexibility.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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