TY - JOUR
T1 - Progress of Conjugated Polymers as Emerging Thermoelectric Materials
AU - Wang, Suhao
AU - Zuo, Guangzheng
AU - Kim, Jongho
AU - Sirringhaus, Henning
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Thanks to the combined efforts of scientists in several research fields, the preceding decade has witnessed considerable progress in the use of conjugated polymers as emerging thermoelectric materials leading to significant improvements in performance and demonstration of a number of diverse applications. Despite these recent advances, systematic assessments of the impact of molecular design on thermoelectric properties are scarce. Although several reviews marginally highlight the role of chemical structure, the understanding of structure-performance relationships is still fragmented. An in-depth understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and thermoelectric properties will enable the rational design of next-generation thermoelectric polymers. To this end, this review showcases the state-of-the-art thermoelectric polymers, discusses structure-performance relationships, suggests strategies for improving thermoelectric performance that go beyond molecular design, and highlights some of the most impressive applications of thermoelectric polymers.
AB - Thanks to the combined efforts of scientists in several research fields, the preceding decade has witnessed considerable progress in the use of conjugated polymers as emerging thermoelectric materials leading to significant improvements in performance and demonstration of a number of diverse applications. Despite these recent advances, systematic assessments of the impact of molecular design on thermoelectric properties are scarce. Although several reviews marginally highlight the role of chemical structure, the understanding of structure-performance relationships is still fragmented. An in-depth understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and thermoelectric properties will enable the rational design of next-generation thermoelectric polymers. To this end, this review showcases the state-of-the-art thermoelectric polymers, discusses structure-performance relationships, suggests strategies for improving thermoelectric performance that go beyond molecular design, and highlights some of the most impressive applications of thermoelectric polymers.
KW - Conducting polymers
KW - Doping
KW - Organic thermoelectrics
KW - Polaron
KW - Seebeck coefficient
KW - Structure- performance relationship
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U2 - 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101548
DO - 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101548
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85130864779
SN - 0079-6700
VL - 129
JO - Progress in Polymer Science
JF - Progress in Polymer Science
M1 - 101548
ER -