Facile Fabrication of N-Type Flexible CoSb_3-xTe_x Skutterudite/PEDOT:PSS Hybrid Thermoelectric Films.

ABSTRACT: Alongiside the growing demand for wearable and implantable electronics, the development of flexible thermoelectric (FTE) materials holds great promise and has recently become a highly necessitated and efficient method for converting heat to electricity. Conductive polymers were widely used in previous research; however, n-type polymers suffer from instability compared to the p-type polymers, which results in a deficiency in the n-type TE leg for FTE devices. The development of the n-type FTE is still at a relatively early stage with limited applicable materials, insufficient conversion efficiency, and issues such as an undesirably high cost or toxic element consumption. In this work, as a prototype, a flexible n-type rare-earth free skutterudite (CoSb

SUBMITTER: Kato A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9144647 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature