Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Elastic conducting polymer composites in thermoelectric modules

  • Nara Kim,
  • Samuel Lienemann,
  • Ioannis Petsagkourakis,
  • Desalegn Alemu Mengistie,
  • Seyoung Kee,
  • Thomas Ederth,
  • Viktor Gueskine,
  • Philippe Leclère,
  • Roberto Lazzaroni,
  • Xavier Crispin,
  • Klas Tybrandt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15135-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Though deformable thermoelectric materials are desirable for integrating thermoelectric devices into wearable electronics, typical thermoelectric materials are too brittle for practical application. Here, the authors report a high-performance elastic composite for stretchable thermoelectric modules.