聚吡咯及其复合热电材料研究进展

聚吡咯(PPy)以其环境稳定性好、低毒、可调的导电性等优点,在热电材料研究方面日益受到人们的关注。采用纳米结构导电聚合物或将有机导电聚合物材料与高导电性的碳纳米粒子进行复合制备聚合物/碳纳米粒子复合材料,可以有效地改善其热电性能。本文结合该领域近年来的研究进展,重点讨论了PPy及其复合热电材料的研究结果,对一维纳米结构PPy的制备也进行了论述。     

导电聚合物热电材料研究进展

随着煤、石油、天然气等不可再生化石燃料的减少和世界能源需求的不断增加,近年来导电聚合物热电材料的研究逐渐引起人们的关注。本文介绍了近年来导电聚合物热电材料的研究进展,简要分析聚合物热电材料目前存在的主要问题,并提出提高聚合物热电材料性能的初步策略。     

柔性热电材料的研究进展及应用

热电材料是能够实现热能和电能直接相互转化的一类新型能源材料,在温差发电和半导体制冷两方面有重要应用。与传统热电材料相比,柔性热电材料具有形状可弯曲、重量轻和环境友好等优点,在可穿戴设备及其他柔性电子领域具有较好的应用前景。当前,如何进一步提高柔性热电材料的性能,特别是如何协同优化其柔韧性能与热电性能是研究的关键。本文结合近年的研究热点,综述了聚合物基柔性热电材料、碳基柔性热电材料和无机半导体类柔性热电材料的研究进展,详细介绍了这三类柔性热电材料的特点、性能优化以及制备方法,总结了柔性热电材料在电子、医疗和工业等领域的应用,并结合现存的一些问题和不足对柔性热电材料今后的研究方向进行了展望。     

石墨烯在复合热电材料中的应用

热电材料是一种可以实现热能与电能之间直接相互转换的功能材料,在温差发电和热电制冷方面具有广阔的应用空间。石墨烯是一种单原子层厚度的二维碳材料,具有特殊的晶体结构和优异的物理化学性质。大量研究表明石墨烯优异的电学性能、超大的比表面积以及多样的边界结构有利于材料电、热性能的协同调控,使其在热电领域有较大的应用潜力。本文结合热电材料的性能特点,从石墨烯的结构与性能入手,综述了石墨烯自身作为热电材料时结构与性能的优化关系,并总结归纳了石墨烯与Bi₂Te₃、CoSb₃等传统无机热电材料以及与导电高分子热电材料构成纳米复合块体和薄膜时,对材料结构与热电性能的影响,并结合现存的问题对石墨烯在热电领域中的应用进行了展望。     

导电高分子及其纳米复合材料的热电性质

与无机热电材料相比, 有机热电材料具有资源丰富、 成本低、 质量轻、 柔韧性好及热导率低等优点, 成为热电研究领域关注的热点. 理论和实验结果表明, 低维化和小尺度化是热电材料研究和开发的发展方向. 本文对低维有机热电材料的合成、 器件组装及热电性质的影响因素等进行简要评述, 并对低维有机热电材料的研究方向进行了讨论.     

ZnO纳米线基MWNTs/PVDF复合热电材料的制备及特性研究

将不同比例的多壁碳管(MWNTs)与聚偏二氟乙烯(PVDF)聚合物混合后,喷涂于n型ZnO半导体纳米线阵列上,制备了一种新型ZnO纳米线基MWNTs/PVDF热电复合材料.与以往采用价格昂贵的p型与n型单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)与聚合物混合制备的复合热电材料特性相比,这种新型热电复合材料在降低制造成本的同时,利用分散于聚合物中MWNTs的一维电子传输特性及形成的大量界面势垒,加上ZnO半导体纳米线具有的较高载流子密度与迁移率,提高了复合热电材料中电子的输运特性,增加了材料对声子的散射强度.测试发现,在一定的温度梯度下,随着MWNTs添加质量百分比的增加,热电材料的温差电动势和电导率也随之增加,但其Seebeck系数变化量不大.研究表明,这种热电材料有望替代采用p型与n型SWNTs构建的SWNTs/PVDF复合热电材料.研究结果对开发超轻、无毒、廉价、可应用于各种微纳电子领域的新型电源具有重要的参考价值.     

PEDOT热电材料研究进展

热电材料是一种能够实现热能和电能直接相互转化的新型环保材料。无机热电材料是当前热电性能最好的材料,然而资源较少、价格昂贵和加工性较差等因素限制了无机热电材料大规模工业化。近年来,有机导电聚合物作为热电材料已经日益受到人们的关注。其中,聚(3,4-二氧乙撑噻吩)(PEDOT)热电材料以其优良的热电性能引起了人们的浓厚兴趣。本文首先介绍了PEDOT热电性能改善的方法,并结合该领域近年来的研究成果,对提高PEDOT热电性能的研究进展进行了论述。     

柔性复合热电材料及器件的研究进展

热电材料能够将热能与电能直接相互转化,在废热回收及绿色制冷领域中具有巨大的应用潜力。相比无机块体热电材料,柔性热电材料具有可弯折、体积小、质量轻等优点,还适用于制备可穿戴电子设备。近10年来,基于导电高分子、碳材料和无机纳米材料等的柔性复合热电材料及器件逐渐成为炙手可热的研究领域,受到了业内广泛的关注。本文综述了近年来基于不同材料体系的柔性热电材料及器件的研究进展、存在的亟待解决的问题和未来的发展方向。大量研究结果表明,材料的热电性能可以通过化学合成和分子设计战略、形貌控制及掺杂技术等进行有效的调控。研发满足实际应用需要的先进柔性热电材料仍然极具挑战性。     

电子导电金属有机框架薄膜的研究进展

电子导电金属有机框架是一类兼具导电性和多孔性的新型固体导电材料, 目前在燃料电池、电催化、超级电容器、热电、传感等电学领域得到广泛研究. 由于导电金属有机框架材料不易加工成膜, 阻碍了其在电子器件领域的进一步发展, 因此近年来导电金属有机框架薄膜及其电学性能的研究备受关注. 从电子导电金属有机框架薄膜的制备方法及其在电学领域中的应用出发, 总结了该类电学材料最新的研究进展, 并对其今后发展所面临的机遇和挑战进行了简单展望.     

二甲基亚砜改性聚(3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩):聚苯乙烯磺酸薄膜的研究及应用进展

二甲基亚砜(DMSO)被称为“万能溶剂”,除了在化学、医学、化妆品等领域的常规应用,在有机电子领域也有展现出特色应用。 聚(3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩):聚苯乙烯磺酸(PEDOT:PSS)是一类卓越的水分散性导电聚合物材料,具有优异的可加工性、混合性、生物兼容性、成膜性以及可商业规模生产等优势,被广泛应用于抗静电涂层、透明电极、有机太阳能电池、超级电容、生物传感等新材料和绿色能源领域。 DMSO对调控PEDOT:PSS薄膜的形貌、导电、热电、功函,界面接触、力学、自修复等性能具有重要作用。 基于我们团队及国内外学者在本领域的研究成果,本文系统综述了DMSO对PEDOT及其衍生物:PSS(PEDOTs:PSS)作用的效果及其机制,探讨了应用中面临的问题与挑战。     

Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Hybrid organic–inorganic materials have been considered as a new candidate in the field of thermoelectric materials since the last decade owing to their great potential to enhance the thermoelectric performance by utilizing the low thermal conductivity of organic materials and the high Seebeck coefficient, and high electrical conductivity of inorganic materials. Herein, we provide an overview of interfacial engineering in the synthesis of various organic–inorganic thermoelectric hybrid materials, along with the dimensional design for tuning their thermoelectric properties. Interfacial effects are examined in terms of nanostructures, physical properties, and chemical doping between the inorganic and organic components. Several key factors which dictate the thermoelectric efficiency and performance of various electronic devices are also discussed, such as the thermal conductivity, electric transportation, electronic band structures, and band convergence of the hybrid materials.     

Thermal transporting properties of electrically conductive polyaniline films as organic thermoelectric materials

Thermal transporting properties of electrically conductive polyaniline films were first investigated in wide range of temperatures above room temperature as organic thermoelectric materials. Thermal conductivities of various protonic acid-doped polyaniline films were measured by combination of a laser flash method and a differential scanning calorimeter in relation with electrical conductivity and a kind of dopant. The thermal conductivities thus measured are in the range of conventional organic polymers, indicating that the doped polyaniline films have extremely low thermal conductivities among electrically conductive materials, and have correlation with neither electrical conductivity, nor a kind of dopant. Consequently the polyaniline film, which shows very high electrical conductivity, has comparable thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) with feasible inorganic thermoelectric materials such as iron silicide. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Polypyrrole coating of inorganic and organic materials by chemical oxidative polymerisation

Polypyrrole is one of the most frequently studied conducting polymers, having high electrical conductivity and stability, suitable for multi-functionalised applications. Coatings of chemically synthesised polypyrrole applied onto various organic and inorganic materials, such as polymer particles and films, nanoparticles of metal oxides, clay minerals, and carbon nanotubes are reviewed in this paper. Its primary subject is the formation of new materials and their application in which chemical oxidative polymerisation of pyrrole was used. These combined materials are used in antistatic applications, such as anti-corrosion coating, radiation-shielding, but also as new categories of sensors, batteries, and components for organic electronics are created by coating substrates with conducting polymer layers or imprinting technologies.     

导电高分子的最近进展

因为导电高分子结合了金属与塑料的优点,他们一直受到很大的关注。但是他们的应用受到一些因素的影响,包括他们的电学性质,稳定性和可加工性。近来,导电高分子的性能得到很大的提高。他们在许多领域的重要应用被论证,比如透明电极,可拉伸电极,神经界面,热电转换和能量储存。这篇文章简单综述了导电高分子的电导提高和它们在热电转换,超级电容器和电池的应用。     

Selenium‐Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer for High‐Performance p‐Type Organic Thermoelectric Materials

Development of high‐performance organic thermoelectric (TE) materials is of vital importance for flexible power generation and solid‐cooling applications. Demonstrated here is the significant enhancement in TE performance of selenium‐substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) derivatives. Along with strong intermolecular interactions and high Hall mobilities of 1.0–2.3 cm² V^?1 s^?1 in doping‐states for polymers, PDPPSe‐12 exhibits a maximum power factor and ZT of up to 364 μW m^?1 K^?2 and 0.25, respectively. The performance is more than twice that of the sulfur‐based DPP derivative and represents the highest value for p‐type organic thermoelectric materials based on high‐mobility polymers. These results reveal that selenium substitution can serve as a powerful strategy towards rationally designed thermoelectric polymers with state‐of‐the‐art performances.     

Solid-solutioned homojunction nanoplates with disordered lattice: a promising approach toward "phonon glass electron crystal" thermoelectric materials

The concept of "phonon glass electron crystal" (PGEC) was proposed in the mid-1990s to maximize the ZT value for thermoelectric materials, based on its combined advantages of low thermal conductivity as in a glass but high electricity as in a well-ordered crystal. Although a great amount of research in complex materials systems for achieving this concept has been done, a perfect "PGEC" material has not been acquired yet. Herein, we first put forward a solid-solutioned homojunction in high temperature phase with disordered lattice, which possesses both high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity, as an effective way to optimize the low/mid-temperature thermoelectric property. As an example, nonambient cubic phase AgBiSe(2) was successfully stabilized to room temperature through the formation of a solid solution by Sb incorporation for the first time, and furthermore, in situ formed homojunctions on the surface of solid-solutioned nanoplates were also first achieved through a simple colloidal method. A significant enhancement of thermoelectric performance at low/mid-temperature was realized through synergistical regulation on electronic and thermal transport. As a result, compared to that of original AgBiSe(2) (ZT = 0.03 at 550 K), the ZT value of AgBi(0.5)Sb(0.5)Se(2) was increased to 0.51 at 550 K by the formation of a solid solution, and then further increased to 1.07 at 550 K by the formation of solid-solutioned homojunction.     

High performance Na-doped PbTe-PbS thermoelectric materials: electronic density of states modification and shape-controlled nanostructures

Thermoelectric heat-to-power generation is an attractive option for robust and environmentally friendly renewable energy production. Historically, the performance of thermoelectric materials has been limited by low efficiencies, related to the thermoelectric figure-of-merit ZT. Nanostructuring thermoelectric materials have shown to enhance ZT primarily via increasing phonon scattering, beneficially reducing lattice thermal conductivity. Conversely, density-of-states (DOS) engineering has also enhanced electronic transport properties. However, successfully joining the two approaches has proved elusive. Herein, we report a thermoelectric materials system whereby we can control both nanostructure formations to effectively reduce thermal conductivity, while concurrently modifying the electronic structure to significantly enhance thermoelectric power factor. We report that the thermoelectric system PbTe-PbS 12% doped with 2% Na produces shape-controlled cubic PbS nanostructures, which help reduce lattice thermal conductivity, while altering the solubility of PbS within the PbTe matrix beneficially modifies the DOS that allow for enhancements in thermoelectric power factor. These concomitant and synergistic effects result in a maximum ZT for 2% Na-doped PbTe-PbS 12% of 1.8 at 800 K.     

Design and properties of functional hybrid organic-inorganic membranes for fuel cells

This critical review presents a discussion on the major advances in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for fuel cells application. The hybrid organic-inorganic approach, when the organic part is not conductive, reproduces to some extent the behavior of Nafion where discrete hydrophilic and hydrophilic domains are homogeneously distributed. A large variety of proton conducting or non conducting polymers can be combined with various functionalized, inorganic mesostructured particles or an inorganic network in order to achieve high proton conductivity, and good mechanical and chemical properties. The tuning of the interface between these two components and the control over chemical and processing conditions are the key parameters in fabricating these hybrid organic-inorganic membranes with a high degree of reproducibility. This dynamic coupling between chemistry and processing requires the extensive use and development of complementary ex situ measurements with in situ characterization techniques, following in real time the molecular precursor solutions to the formation of the final hybrid organic-inorganic membranes. These membranes combine the intrinsic physical and chemical properties of both the inorganic and organic components. The development of the sol-gel chemistry allows a fine tuning of the inorganic network, which exhibits acid-based functionalized pores (-SO(3)H, -PO(3)H(2), -COOH), tunable pore size and connectivity, high surface area and accessibility. As such, these hybrid membranes containing inorganic materials are a promising family for controlling conductivity, mechanical and chemical properties (349 references).     

聚(3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩):聚苯乙烯磺酸盐热电性能的 提升策略研究进展

近十年,有机聚合物及其复合热电材料与柔性器件取得了显著进展,在废热回收利用、可穿戴电子学、软体机器人和物联网等领域有广泛的应用.其中,聚(3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩):聚苯乙烯磺酸(PEDOT:PSS)是迄今研究最多也是性能最高的聚合物体系.本文对近年来有关PEDOT:PSS热电性能有效提升主要策略的文献报道进行了总结.首先,从PEDOT:PSS的二次掺杂/去掺杂、酸或碱处理和离子液体处理方面等,重点论述了掺杂/去掺杂策略的研究进展;然后,分别从改善聚集态结构、构筑PEDOT微纳米结构和与碳纳米材料复合等3个方面,重点介绍了采用此3种策略提升PEDOT:PSS热电性能的研究进展;最后,对该领域进行总结,提出了开展进一步研究的建议,并对其未来发展前景进行展望.