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Thermoelectric Materials: Carbon‐Nanotube‐Based Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (Adv. Mater. 11/2018)
Author(s) -
Blackburn Jeffrey L.,
Ferguson Andrew J.,
Cho Chungyeon,
Grunlan Jaime C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201870072
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , thermoelectric effect , thermoelectric materials , thermoelectric generator , nanotechnology , thermoelectric cooling , engineering physics , carbon fibers , optoelectronics , composite material , composite number , engineering , thermal conductivity , physics , thermodynamics
Carbon‐based thermoelectric materials are attractive due to their use of nontoxic materials, their solution‐based processing, and their high specific energy (i.e., W g −1 ). In article number 1704386 , Jeffrey L. Blackburn, Andrew J. Ferguson, Chungyeon Cho, and Jaime C. Grunlan review these organic thermoelectric materials, which offer the opportunity to produce wearable devices that can recycle body heat. The image, created by photographer Igor Kraguljac, shows a real nanotube‐based thermoelectric device using body heat as the source to generate the voltage needed to power a lightbulb. Although this is a real working device, the image shown is a dramatization.