• 文献标题:   Complementary n-Type and p-Type Graphene Films for High Power Factor Thermoelectric Generators
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NOVAK TG, KIM J, KIM J, TIWARI AP, SHIN H, SONG JY, JEON S
  • 作者关键词:   flexible, graphene, power factor, thermoelectric, waste heat
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Korea Adv Inst Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202001760 EA MAY 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Solution-phase exfoliated graphene has always been an attractive material for flexible thermoelectric applications, but traditional oxidative routes suffer from poor flake quality and a lack of quality doping techniques to make complementary n-type and p-type films. Here, it is demonstrated that by changing the adsorbed surfactant during the intercalation-exfoliation process (polyvinylpyrrolidone for n-type, pyrenebutyric acid for p-type), both extremely high electrical conductivity (3010 and 2330 S cm(-1)) and high Seebeck coefficients (53.1 and -45.5 mu V K-1) can be achieved. The result is that both of these films show remarkable power factors, over 600 mu W m(-1) K-2 at room temperature, which is over an order of magnitude better than that in previous works demonstrating complementary n-type and p-type graphene thermoelectric films. Based on these films, a full all-graphene thermoelectric device is constructed as a proof of concept, where a peak power of 5.0 nW is recorded at a temperature difference of 50 K.