Enhanced thermoelectric properties of germanium powder/poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) composites

Gyeong Ock Park; Jong Wook Roh; Jeongmin Kim; Kang Yeol Lee; Byungjin Jang; Kyu Hyoung Lee; Wooyoung Lee

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.07.011

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of germanium powder/poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) composites

Gyeong Ock Park, Jong Wook Roh, Jeongmin Kim, Kang Yeol Lee, Byungjin Jang, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Wooyoung Lee

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We herein report on the enhanced thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)/Ge composite films fabricated by drop-casting of a solution of Ge powder in PEDOT:PSS. The power factor of the fabricated PEDOT:PSS/Ge composite films with 29.6 wt.% Ge was 165 μW m^{- 1}K^{- 2}, and they exhibited an extremely low thermal conductivity. The maximum thermoelectric figure of merit was anticipated to be ∼ 0.1 at room temperature for the PEDOT:PSS/Ge composite films with 29.6 wt.% Ge, suggesting that their heterostructure was effective in enhancing their thermoelectric efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14-18
Number of pages	5
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.07.011
State	Published - 1 Sep 2014

Keywords

Electrical conductivity
Polymer matrix composite
Power factor
Seebeck coefficient
Thermal conductivity
Thermoelectric figure of merit
Thermoelectric material

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