{"title":"Thermoelectric Properties of Semiconducting Polymers","authors":"K. Peterson, E. M. Thomas, M. Chabinyc","doi":"10.1146/annurev-matsci-082219-024716","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Semiconducting polymers have the potential to be used in thermoelectric devices that are lightweight, flexible, and fabricated using solution processing. Because of the structural and energetic disorder of these polymers, the relationship between their structure and thermoelectric properties is complex. We review how interrelated processing routes and doping methods affect the thermoelectric properties of polymers. The studies highlighted here have led to correlations between thermopower and electrical conductivity that can be described by theories under investigation. With greater understanding of the materials properties behind their performance, semiconducting polymers can be used in future power generation or cooling devices.","PeriodicalId":8055,"journal":{"name":"Annual Review of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.6000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"20","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annual Review of Materials Research","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-082219-024716","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 20
Abstract
Semiconducting polymers have the potential to be used in thermoelectric devices that are lightweight, flexible, and fabricated using solution processing. Because of the structural and energetic disorder of these polymers, the relationship between their structure and thermoelectric properties is complex. We review how interrelated processing routes and doping methods affect the thermoelectric properties of polymers. The studies highlighted here have led to correlations between thermopower and electrical conductivity that can be described by theories under investigation. With greater understanding of the materials properties behind their performance, semiconducting polymers can be used in future power generation or cooling devices.
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The Annual Review of Materials Research, published since 1971, is a journal that covers significant developments in the field of materials research. It includes original methodologies, materials phenomena, material systems, and special keynote topics. The current volume of the journal has been converted from gated to open access through Annual Reviews' Subscribe to Open program, with all articles published under a CC BY license. The journal defines its scope as encompassing significant developments in materials science, including methodologies for studying materials and materials phenomena. It is indexed and abstracted in various databases, such as Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, Civil Engineering Abstracts, INSPEC, and Academic Search, among others.
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