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Polymer Composites for Thermoelectric Applications
Author(s) -
McGrail Brendan T.,
Sehirlioglu Alp,
Pentzer Emily
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201408431
Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , materials science , polymer , thermoelectric materials , composite material , conductive polymer , nanotechnology , engineering physics , thermal conductivity , physics , thermodynamics , engineering
This review covers recently reported polymer composites that show a thermoelectric (TE) effect and thus have potential application as thermoelectric generators and Peltier coolers. The growing need for CO 2 ‐minimizing energy sources and thermal management systems makes the development of new TE materials a key challenge for researchers across many fields, particularly in light of the scarcity or toxicity of traditional inorganic TE materials based on Te and Pb. Recent reports of composites with inorganic and organic additives in conjugated and insulating polymer matrices are covered, as well as the techniques needed to fully characterize their TE properties.