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Thermoelectric Polymers: Polymer‐Based Low‐Temperature Thermoelectric Composites (Adv. Funct. Mater. 52/2020)
Author(s) -
Yusupov Khabib,
Vomiero Alberto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202070342
Subject(s) - materials science , thermoelectric effect , thermoelectric materials , polymer , composite material , nanotechnology , engineering physics , thermal conductivity , thermodynamics , physics , engineering
Polymer composites can be used as thermoelectric materials in the range of temperatures from 20 to 200 °C, within which conventional materials are not efficient. Polymer‐based thermoelectrics are rapidly developing, reaching efficiencies close to those of inorganic systems. In article number 2002015, Khabib Yusupov and Alberto Vomiero focus on the most recent advances in the field, by describing new approaches to improve the thermoelectric performance and suggesting, in perspective, the path towards a lab‐to‐fab transition for thermoelectric polymers.