title: Flexible thermoelectric fabrics based on self-assembled tellurium nanorods with a large power factor.
abstract: Highly-flexible thermoelectric fabrics were fabricated based on a layered structure, composed of a thin active layer of self-assembled tellurium nanorods and a substrate layer of polyvinylidene fluoride. The resulting thermoelectric fabrics show a high room temperature power factor of 45.8 μW m(-1) K(-2), which opens a new avenue to fabricate highly-flexible sustainable energy sources.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. huangh@wfu.edu carroldl@wfu.edu.
authors.forename: Chaochao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dun
authors.forename: Corey A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: Huihui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Junwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Carroll