title: Novel hybrid organic thermoelectric materials:three-component hybrid films consisting of a nanoparticle polymer complex, carbon nanotubes, and vinyl polymer.
abstract: A novel class of hybrid organic thermoelectric materials is demonstrated for the first time for constructing flexible thermoelectric devices on polyimide substrates with high output power by using nanotechnology instead of conducting polymers such as poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). The hybrid organic thermoelectric materials are composed of nanoparticles of a polymer complex, carbon nanotubes, and poly(vinyl chloride), and show high performance (dimensionless thermoelectric figure-of-merit, ZT ≈ 0.3, based on the thermal conductivity through the film).
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science Yamaguchi, SanyoOnoda-shi, Yamaguchi, 756-0884, Japan; Advanced Materials Institute, Tokyo University of Science Yamaguchi, SanyoOnoda-shi, Yamaguchi, 756-0884, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toshima
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Anno
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishinaka
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Arihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Yukihide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
keywords: carbon nanotubes; conducting polymer complexes; hybrid films; nanoparticle dispersions; organic thermoelectric materials