Issue 8, 2015

Enhanced thermoelectric property by the construction of a nanocomposite 3D interconnected architecture consisting of graphene nanolayers sandwiched by polypyrrole nanowires

Abstract

A new strategy, i.e. interfacial adsorption-soft template polymerization, is developed to enhance polymer thermoelectric property. The obtained nanocomposite 3D interconnected architecture consisting of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanolayers sandwiched by polypyrrole (PPy) nanowires is directly confirmed by scanning and transmission electron microscopies. Moreover, the nanocomposites reveal significantly enhanced thermoelectric performance. At rGO : PPy ratio of 50 wt%, the nanocomposite power factor reaches ∼476.1 times that of pure PPy nanowires. Our results suggest that a greatly enhanced thermoelectric property for polymer nanocomposites can be achieved by a complex morphology design.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced thermoelectric property by the construction of a nanocomposite 3D interconnected architecture consisting of graphene nanolayers sandwiched by polypyrrole nanowires

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 ኦክቶ 2014
Accepted
15 ጃንዩ 2015
First published
16 ጃንዩ 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 1649-1654

Enhanced thermoelectric property by the construction of a nanocomposite 3D interconnected architecture consisting of graphene nanolayers sandwiched by polypyrrole nanowires

Z. Zhang, G. Chen, H. Wang and W. Zhai, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 1649 DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02471K

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