A strategy to improve the thermoelectric performance of conducting polymer nanostructures

Abstract

Although organic thermoelectric materials have witnessed a rapid progress in recent years, polymer nanostructured thermoelectric materials have received little attention. Here, we report the strong dependence of thermoelectric performance on post-treatments (acid treatment with H₂SO₄ and chemical reduction using Na₂SO₃) for the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanostructure.