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Thermoelectric materials produced from single-wall carbon nanotubes

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Thermoelectric (TE)-based energy harvesting is an important aspect of modern and future power-generation technologies used to drive different types of sensors and wireless communication devices. Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), with a narrow bandgap energy and high charge-carrier mobility, are promising TE materials. They can be integrated into flexible TEs that can be used to recover waste heat. The recent development of TE materials based on SWCNTs is described. Sorting the SWCNTs into different structures to elucidate structure-property relationships, and chemical doping to change the TE properties are the major challenges in this field. Chemical techniques that address these issues have enabled the development of CNT-based thermoelectric generators.

Source: Carbon Reports

DOI: 10.7209/carbon.020303

Author: Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi

Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science