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Poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) / copper sulfide hybrid thermoelectric materials with large Seebeck coefficient around room temperature

N. S. AHMED1, F. KARAMAN1,*

Affiliation

  1. Yildiz Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Davutpasa Campus, 34220, İstanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Nanocomposites were prepared from poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSSA) / copper sulfide synthesized in this study. Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity of PEDOT:PSSA were measured as 1125 µV/K and 1.08 S/cm, respectively. Electrical conductivities of the nanocomposites do not decrease considerably whereas their Seebeck coefficients were found 4 or 6 times larger than pristine polymer. Their power factors were found 15 or 19 times higher than pristine polymer. The largest Seebeck coefficient was measured as 7000 µV/K and the highest power factor was found as 2646 μW/mK2 . These are the highest values reported up to date for polymer based thermoelectric materials.

Keywords

Thermoelectric, Poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene), Copper sulfide, Seebeck coefficient, Nanocomposite.

Submitted at: July 16, 2018
Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2018

Citation

N. S. AHMED, F. KARAMAN, Poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) / copper sulfide hybrid thermoelectric materials with large Seebeck coefficient around room temperature, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 20, Iss. 11-12, pp. 695-700 (2018)