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Cover Image, Volume 134, Issue 3
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.44511
Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , cover (algebra) , thermal conductivity , volume (thermodynamics) , seebeck coefficient , materials science , polymer , thermoelectric materials , computer science , engineering physics , mechanical engineering , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , composite material , physics , thermodynamics , engineering
Shown here is an infrared photograph of a polymer thermoelectric measurement station with an n‐type nickel‐ethenetetrathiolate film suspended across two temperature controlled thermoelectric stages. The ntype thermoelectric film is air stable with a conductivity exceeding 40 S/cm at room temperature. By applying a temperature gradient across the film the Seebeck coefficient is measured. The low thermal conductivity makes polymers attractive thermoelectric materials.