Ding, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Cai, K.; Yao, Q.; Chen, S.; Chen, L.; He, J. High Performance n-Type Ag2Se Film on Nylon Membrane for Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 841.
Ding, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Cai, K.; Yao, Q.; Chen, S.; Chen, L.; He, J. High Performance n-Type Ag2Se Film on Nylon Membrane for Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 841.
Ding, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Cai, K.; Yao, Q.; Chen, S.; Chen, L.; He, J. High Performance n-Type Ag2Se Film on Nylon Membrane for Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 841.
Ding, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Cai, K.; Yao, Q.; Chen, S.; Chen, L.; He, J. High Performance n-Type Ag2Se Film on Nylon Membrane for Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 841.
Abstract
Researches on flexible thermoelectric (TE) materials usually focus on conducting polymers (CPs) and CP-based composites; however, it is a great challenge to obtain high TE properties comparable to inorganic counterparts. Here, we report an n-type Ag2Se film on flexible nylon membrane with an ultrahigh power factor ~987.4 ± 104.1 μWm−1K−2 at 300 K and an excellent flexibility (93% of the original electrical conductivity retention after 1000 bending cycles around a 8-mm diameter rod). The flexibility is attributed to a synergetic effect of the nylon membrane and the Ag2Se film intertwined with numerous high-aspect-ratio Ag2Se grains. A TE prototype composed of 4-leg of the hybrid film generates a voltage and a maximum power of 19 mV and 460 nW,respectively, at a temperature difference of 30 K. This work opens opportunities of searching for high performance TE film for flexible TE devices.
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