In their recent EES review, He, Qiu and Lin provide a very interesting overview of polymer thermoelectric materials. They highlight recent advances in the preparation, modification and optimization of these materials and focus on current strategies to minimize thermal conductivity and maximize power factor.
Polymer thermoelectric materials are an emerging class of materials that have not yet received the recognition of their inorganic and intermetallic counterparts. However, their development is rapidly progressing towards efficient materials for all kinds of applications. Polymers have many intrinsic advantages, such as low thermal conductivity, that make them ideal for fabricating high performance, light-weight and flexible thermoelectric modules.
Read the detail in this interesting EES review:
Towards high-performance polymer-based thermoelectric materials
Ming He, Feng Qiu and Zhiqun Lin
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE24193A
