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Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(styrenesulfonate) Composite Films by Addition of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Urea

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Significant enhancement of thermoelectric (TE) performance was observed for free-standing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) composite films obtained from a PEDOT:PSS aqueous solution by simultaneous addition of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and different concentrations of urea. The electrical conductivity was enhanced from 8.16 S cm−1 to over 400 S cm−1, and the maximum Seebeck coefficient reached a value of 18.81 μV K−1 at room temperature. The power factor of the PEDOT:PSS composite films reached 8.81 μW m−1 K−2. The highest thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in this study was 0.024 at room temperature, which is at least one order of magnitude higher than most polymers and bulk Si. These results indicate that the obtained composite films are a promising thermoelectric material for applications in thermoelectric refrigeration and thermoelectric microgeneration.

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    Fangfang Kong, Congcong Liu, Jingkun Xu & Yao Huang

  2. School of Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Science and Technology, Normal University, Nanchang, 30013, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, 150080, People’s Republic of China

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Kong, F., Liu, C., Xu, J. et al. Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(styrenesulfonate) Composite Films by Addition of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Urea. J. Electron. Mater. 41, 2431–2438 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2162-y

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