Issue 23, 2020

Coordination polymers for n-type thermoelectric applications

Abstract

Coordination polymers (CPs) are potential thermoelectric (TE) materials to replace the sometimes costly, brittle and toxic heavy metal inorganic TEs for near-ambient-temperature applications. Air-stable and highly conductive p-type thermoelectric CPs are relatively well known, but the their n-type counterparts are only now emerging and both are needed for most practical applications. This perspective reviews recent advances in the development of n-type thermoelectric CPs, particularly the 1D and 2D metal bisdithiolenes, and introduces a relatively new class of guest@metal–organic framework(MOF)-based composites. Low dimensional CPs with reasonable n-type thermoelectric performance are emerging with good charge mobility and air-stability but still relatively low electrical conductivity.

Graphical abstract: Coordination polymers for n-type thermoelectric applications

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
09 3 2020
Accepted
27 5 2020
First published
28 5 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 7644-7657

Coordination polymers for n-type thermoelectric applications

Y. Lu and D. J. Young, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 7644 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00872A

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