Effect of interfacial properties on polymer-nanocrystal thermoelectric transport.
The electrical behavior of a conducting-polymer/inorganic-nanowire composite is explained with a model in which carrier transport occurs predominantly through a highly conductive volume of polymer that exists at the polymer-nanowire interface. This result highlights the importance of controlling nanoscale interfaces for thermoelectric materials, and provides a general route for improving carrier transport in organic/inorganic composites.
Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Nelson E
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Coates
Shannon K
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Yee
Bryan
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McCulloch
Kevin C
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See
Arun
A
Majumdar
Rachel A
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Segalman
Jeffrey J
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Urban