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Flexible thermoelectric fabrics based on self-assembled tellurium nanorods with a large power factor†

Chaochao Dun,a   Corey A. Hewitt,a   Huihui Huang,*ab   David S. Montgomery,a   Junwei Xua  and  David L. Carroll*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
E-mail: huangh@wfu.edu, carroldl@wfu.edu

b SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

Abstract

Highly-flexible thermoelectric fabrics were fabricated based on a layered structure, composed of a thin active layer of self-assembled tellurium nanorods and a substrate layer of polyvinylidene fluoride. The resulting thermoelectric fabrics show a high room temperature power factor of 45.8 μW m−1 K−2, which opens a new avenue to fabricate highly-flexible sustainable energy sources.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP05390G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Nov 2014
Accepted
06 Jan 2015
First published
06 Jan 2015

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 8591-8595

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Flexible thermoelectric fabrics based on self-assembled tellurium nanorods with a large power factor

C. Dun, C. A. Hewitt, H. Huang, D. S. Montgomery, J. Xu and D. L. Carroll, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 8591 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05390G

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