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Título: | Upscaling Thermoelectrics: Micron-Thick, Half-a-Meter-Long Carbon Nanotube Films with Monolithic Integration of p- and n-Legs |
Autor: | Zapata Arteaga, Osnat; Dörling, Bernhard CSIC ORCID; Álvarez Corzo, Iván; Xu, Kai; Reparaz, J. Sebastian; Campoy Quiles, Mariano CSIC ORCID | Palabras clave: | Organic thermoelectrics CNT Processing Large scale Thermoelectric generator Doping |
Fecha de publicación: | 5-mar-2024 | Editor: | American Chemical Society | Citación: | ACS Applied Electronic Materials: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c01671 (2024) | Resumen: | In order for organic thermoelectrics to successfully establish their own niche as energy-harvesting materials, they must reach several crucial milestones, including high performance, long-term stability, and scalability. Performance and stability are currently being actively studied, whereas demonstrations of large-scale compatibility are far more limited and for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are still missing. The scalability challenge includes material-related economic considerations as well as the availability of fast deposition methods that produce large-scale films that simultaneously satisfy the thickness constraints required for thermoelectric modules. Here we report on true solutions of CNTs that form gels upon air exposure, which can then be dried into micron-thick films. The CNT ink can be extruded using a slot-shaped nozzle into a continuous film (more than half a meter in the present paper) and patterned into alternating n- and p-type components, which are then folded to obtain the finished thermoelectric module. Starting from a given n-type film, differentiation between the n and p components is achieved by a simple postprocessing step that involves a partial oxidation reaction and neutralization of the dopant. The presented method allows the thermoelectric legs to seamlessly interconnect along the continuous film, thus avoiding the need for metal electrodes, and, most importantly, it is compatible with large-scale printing processes. The resulting thermoelectric legs retain 80% of their power factor after 100 days in air and about 30% after 300 days. Using the proposed methodology, we fabricate two thermoelectric modules of 4 and 10 legs that can produce maximum power outputs of 1 and 2.4 μW, respectively, at a temperature difference ΔT of 46 K. | Descripción: | This article is part of the Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices special issue. | Versión del editor: | http://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c01671 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/349421 | E-ISSN: | 2637-6113 |
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