Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8115597 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2016 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
Carbon nano tube (CNT)/graphene filled organic composites have great potential for making cheaper thermoelectric materials towards their gear up for applications in energy harvesting due to their low cost, low density, facile routes of preparations, versatile processability and low thermal conductivity. These properties make them superior compared to previously reported hybrid alloys. Now a day׳s CNT and graphene are most frequently used nanofillers due to their unique shape and characteristics such as superconductivity, light weight, high stiffness and axial strength. Moreover, to achieve superior dispersion and properties of composites, various functionalizations on the graphene and CNT have been accomplished by various research groups. Foremost objective of this paper is to highlight the recent research advances on CNT and graphene filled thermoelectric (TE) materials for the replacement of inorganic semiconductors. Fundamentally, for polymer composite based thermoplastic (TP) materials, a thermally nonconductive but electrically connected nano-structured network should be established.
Keywords
PVACPEDOTMWCNTSWCNTPSSPVATCPPP3HTCopper bismuth sulfideTEGPVDFHRSEMNMPAIBNSDBSGNPDWCNTMicrovoltμVCPCDOCCNTDMFPANIn-methyl pyrrolidoneEnergy information administrationChlorosulfonic acidCSAEIABtuElectric current densityThermoelectricdimethyl formamideElectrical conductivityThermal conductivityChemical vapor depositionCVDSodium dodecyl benzene sulfonateThermoelectric figure of meritGum arabicSeebeck coefficientThermoelectric generatorElectric fieldHigh resolution scanning electron microscopyGraphene nanosheetGraphene nanoplateletsSingle wall carbon nanotubeCarbon nanotubeMultiwall carbon nanotubeBritish thermal unitPoly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)poly(styrenesulfonate)PMMAPoly(methyl methacrylate)PolyanilinePolyethylenepolyvinyl alcoholPolyvinyl acetatePolymerGraphene
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Authors
Abhijit Dey, Om Prakash Bajpai, Arun K. Sikder, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Md Abdul Shafeeuulla Khan,