Journal of Materials Science, volume 55, issue 19, pages 8376-8387

Flexible metal-free hybrid hydrogel thermoelectric fibers

Jing Liu ¹

Zhengyou Zhu ^{1, 2}

Weiqiang Zhou ¹

Peipei Liu ^{1, 3}

Peng Liu ¹

Guoqiang Liu ¹

Jingkun Xu ¹

Qinglin Jiang ^{1, 3}

Fengxing Jiang ¹

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Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory of Waterborne Coatings, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China |

Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China |

Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-04-06

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ISSN: 00222461, 15734803

DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-04382-3

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Abstract

Highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) fiber has been developed as a more promising candidate compared with bulk and film to achieve wearable thermoelectric energy harvesting. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with nanostructures are considered as an effective conductive filter for the further improvement in the thermoelectric (TE) performance of PEDOT:PSS fibers. However, the previous research primarily focused on PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT films instead of fibers. In this study, PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT hybrid fibers were synthesized via gelation process, which presents a 30% enhancement of the electrical conductivity with negligible changes in Seebeck coefficient. Moreover, there was a significant increase in the Young’s modulus in accordance with the addition of an appropriate amount of SWCNTs. Thereafter, the as-prepared hybrid fibers were treated using ethylene glycol (EG) to further optimize the TE performance. Moreover, the influence of the treatment time and temperature was systematically investigated. The EG treatment resulted in a significant improvement in the electrical conductivity without a significant decrease in the Seebeck coefficient. Furthermore, the hybrid fibers were subject to EG treatment at elevated temperature, whose optimal power factor was approximately 30% higher than that of the EG-treated PEDOT:PSS/SWCNT fibers at 25 °C. This indicates that the solvent treatment at higher temperature improves the TE performance of hybrid fibers. The findings of this study can serve as a guide for the preparation of flexible and metal-free hybrid fiber with enhanced TE performance and Young’s modulus.

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DO - 10.1007/s10853-020-04382-3

UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04382-3

TI - Flexible metal-free hybrid hydrogel thermoelectric fibers

T2 - Journal of Materials Science

AU - Liu, Jing

AU - Zhu, Zhengyou

AU - Zhou, Weiqiang

AU - Liu, Peipei

AU - Liu, Peng

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AU - Xu, Jingkun

AU - Jiang, Qinglin

AU - Jiang, Fengxing

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@article{2020_Liu,

author = {Jing Liu and Zhengyou Zhu and Weiqiang Zhou and Peipei Liu and Peng Liu and Guoqiang Liu and Jingkun Xu and Qinglin Jiang and Fengxing Jiang},

title = {Flexible metal-free hybrid hydrogel thermoelectric fibers},

journal = {Journal of Materials Science},

year = {2020},

volume = {55},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {apr},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04382-3},

number = {19},

pages = {8376--8387},

doi = {10.1007/s10853-020-04382-3}

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Liu, Jing, et al. “Flexible metal-free hybrid hydrogel thermoelectric fibers.” Journal of Materials Science, vol. 55, no. 19, Apr. 2020, pp. 8376-8387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04382-3.

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