Correlating the Seebeck coefficient of thermoelectric polymer thin films to their charge transport mechanism
PETSAGKOURAKIS, Ioannis
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
PAVLOPOULOU, Eleni
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
CLOUTET, Eric
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
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Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
PETSAGKOURAKIS, Ioannis
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
PAVLOPOULOU, Eleni
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
CLOUTET, Eric
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
FLEURY, Guillaume
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
HADZIIOANNOU, Georges
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
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Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Organic Electronics. 2018, vol. 52, p. 335-341
Elsevier
English Abstract
Room temperature flexible heat harvesters based on conducting polymers are ideally suited to cover the energy demands of the modern nomadic society. The optimization of their thermoelectric efficiency is usually sought by ...Read more >
Room temperature flexible heat harvesters based on conducting polymers are ideally suited to cover the energy demands of the modern nomadic society. The optimization of their thermoelectric efficiency is usually sought by tuning the oxidation levels of the conducting polymers, even if such methodology is detrimental to the Seebeck coefficient (S) as both the Seebeck coefficient and the electrical conductivity (σ) are antagonistically related to the carrier concentration. Here we report a concurrent increase of S and σ and we experimentally derive the dependence of Seebeck coefficient on charge carrier mobility for the first time in organic electronics. Through specific control of the conducting polymer synthesis, we enabled the formation of a denser percolation network that facilitated the charge transport and the thermodiffusion of the charge carriers inside the conducting polymer layer, while the material shifted from a Fermi glass towards a semi-metal, as its crystallinity increased. This work sheds light upon the origin of the thermoelectric properties of conducting polymers, but also underlines the importance of enhanced charge carrier mobility for the design of efficient thermoelectric polymers.Read less <
English Keywords
Thermoelectrics
Conducting polymers
PEDOT
Charge transport
Seebeck coefficient
ANR Project
“Plate-forme de l’Université de Bordeaux pour l’organique électronique imprimable : de la molécule aux dispositifs et systèmes intégrés - valorisation et commercialisation” - ANR-10-EQPX-0028
Labex AMADEUS - null
IdEx Bordeaux
Labex AMADEUS - null
IdEx Bordeaux
Origin
Hal imported