Wet-spinning and post-treatment of CNT/PEDOT:PSS composites for use in organic fiber-based thermoelectric generators

By Jae-Yeop Kim, Woohwa Lee, Y. Kang, S. Cho, Kwang‐Suk Jang. Carbon, 2018

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Abstract Carbon nanotube (CNT)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) composite fibers with the CNT content ranging from 10 to 50 wt% were prepared by a wet-spinning process using a common solvent/coagulation system for application to organic fiber-based thermoelectric generators. After post-treatments, such as immersion in hydrazine solutions and polyethyleneimine-infiltration, the thermoelectric properties of the CNT/PEDOT:PSS composite fibers were optimized, with p- and n-type power factors of 83.2 ± 6.4 and 113 ± 25 μW m−1 K−2, respectively. The electrical power generation capability of an organic fiber-based thermoelectric generator assembled with the p- and n-type CNT/PEDOT:PSS composite fibers was confirmed.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics

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