Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Transparent flexible thermoelectric material based on non-toxic earth-abundant p-type copper iodide thin film

  • C. Yang,
  • D. Souchay,
  • M. Kneiß,
  • M. Bogner,
  • H. M. Wei,
  • M. Lorenz,
  • O. Oeckler,
  • G. Benstetter,
  • Y. Q. Fu,
  • M. Grundmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16076
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Flexible thermoelectric devices with high optical transparency may enable new applications; however, the lack of a p-type counterpart has hitherto hindered its development. Yanget al., report a transparent p-type thermoelectric based on polycrystalline copper iodide thin film with record performance.