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Facile development of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based flexible thermoelectric materials for energy-harvesting applications

Nimra Naeem 1
Sajid Butt 1
Sumayya 2
Zoha Afzal 1
Muhammad Waseem Akram 1
Muhammad Irfan 1
Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman 2
Abrar H Baluch 3, 4
Ghufran Ur Rehman 5
Muhammad Umer Farooq 6
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2025-01-06
scimago Q1
wos Q2
SJR0.777
CiteScore7.6
Impact factor4.6
ISSN20462069
PubMed ID:  39763620
Abstract
In this study, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (F-MWCNTs) dispersed over a flexible substrate through a facile vacuum filtration route. To improve their interfacial adhesion and dispersion, F-MWCNTs underwent hot-pressing. The heat-treatment has improved the nanotubes' connections and subsequently reduced porosity as well, which results in an increasing electrical conductivity upon increasing temperature of hot-pressing. Thermoelectric power factor (PF) value was greatly increased upon simultaneous heating and pressing of the CNTs and a highest PF value of 3.17 μW m−1 K−2 at 398 K, has been achieved, which is about 400% higher than that of the as-deposited CNTs without hot pressing. The current study presents a prototype for CNT-based flexible thermoelectric devices which opens up an avenue for the deployment of CNTs into flexible electronics.
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Naeem N. et al. Facile development of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based flexible thermoelectric materials for energy-harvesting applications // RSC Advances. 2025. Vol. 15. No. 1. pp. 569-578.
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Naeem N., Butt S., Sumayya, Afzal Z., Akram M. W., Irfan M., Atiq Ur Rehman M., Baluch A. H., Rehman G. U., Farooq M. U. Facile development of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based flexible thermoelectric materials for energy-harvesting applications // RSC Advances. 2025. Vol. 15. No. 1. pp. 569-578.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1039/d4ra02914c
UR - https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=D4RA02914C
TI - Facile development of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based flexible thermoelectric materials for energy-harvesting applications
T2 - RSC Advances
AU - Naeem, Nimra
AU - Butt, Sajid
AU - Sumayya
AU - Afzal, Zoha
AU - Akram, Muhammad Waseem
AU - Irfan, Muhammad
AU - Atiq Ur Rehman, Muhammad
AU - Baluch, Abrar H
AU - Rehman, Ghufran Ur
AU - Farooq, Muhammad Umer
PY - 2025
DA - 2025/01/06
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
SP - 569-578
IS - 1
VL - 15
PMID - 39763620
SN - 2046-2069
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@article{2025_Naeem,
author = {Nimra Naeem and Sajid Butt and Sumayya and Zoha Afzal and Muhammad Waseem Akram and Muhammad Irfan and Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman and Abrar H Baluch and Ghufran Ur Rehman and Muhammad Umer Farooq},
title = {Facile development of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based flexible thermoelectric materials for energy-harvesting applications},
journal = {RSC Advances},
year = {2025},
volume = {15},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)},
month = {jan},
url = {https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=D4RA02914C},
number = {1},
pages = {569--578},
doi = {10.1039/d4ra02914c}
}
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Naeem, Nimra, et al. “Facile development of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based flexible thermoelectric materials for energy-harvesting applications.” RSC Advances, vol. 15, no. 1, Jan. 2025, pp. 569-578. https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=D4RA02914C.