Flexible Thermoelectrics and Thermoelectric Textiles

Jiao, Fei

doi:10.1002/9783527818556.ch3

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“…As shown in Figure 1, conductors A & B are joined electrically in series and parallel thermally. The hot junction has temperature T h, and the Cold junction has temperature T c [11,12].…”

Section: Thermoelectric Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Metals and insulators are not suitable TE materials in this sense because metals have excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, and plastics or insulators have both poor, as shown in Figure 4. Semiconductors are a class of materials that have high electrical conductivity and poor thermal conductivity and thus show excellent thermo-electric characteristics [12].…”

Section: Thermoelectric Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A review on the development of conjugated polymer-based textile thermoelectric generator

Jangra¹,

Maity²,

Vishnoi³

2021

Journal of Industrial Textiles

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Thermoelectric (TE) materials based on conjugated/conductive polymers can directly convert heat into electricity, and thus found promising applications in energy scavenging and cooling technologies. The performance of these thermoelectric materials is governed by different parameters like the nature of the material, thermal stability, electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity. Although the traditional inorganic semiconductor materials such as PbTe (Lead Telluride), Bi2Te3 (Bismuth Telluride), SiGe (Silicon-Germanium), SnSe (Tin Selenide), and Skutterudite (CoAs2) are giving high performance, they have some inherent limitations, such as poor processability, toxicity, rare availability, and high cost of manufacturing. Whereas, organic conjugated polymers such as polyacetylene (PA), polyaniline (PANi), Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), polypyrrole (PPy), poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT), etc. have low cost of synthesis, light in weight, low toxicity and better processibility. Organic textile thermoelectric generators (T-TEG) can be prepared by in-situ polymerization of the conjugated polymers onto textile substrates. This article reviews the preparation, design and performance of these T-TEGs. Various approaches and scopes of improvement of efficiency of the thermoelectric effect of the T-TEGs are discussed. Various potential applications of the T-TEG in different fields are also described.

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“…As shown in Figure 1, conductors A & B are joined electrically in series and parallel thermally. The hot junction has temperature T h, and the Cold junction has temperature T c [11,12].…”

Section: Thermoelectric Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Thermoelectric Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%