Advances in Polymer Composites for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 1435
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers; polymer composites; thermoelectrics; polymer electronics; carbon nanomaterials
Interests: thermoelectrics; conducting polymers; composites; flexible electronics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, large amounts of energy generated are dissipated as heat into the surrounding atmosphere. Thermoelectric materials which enable direct conversion from thermal energy into electricity are considered emerging candidates in harvesting waste heat. Driven by the rapid progress in wearable and miniaturized electronic devices over recent decades, flexible thermoelectric materials, especially polymer-based thermoelectric composites which can be integrated into wearable devices, have attracted special interest. Despite the advances achieved in pursuing high-performance thermoelectric polymer composites so far, we expect further steps forward through the physical–chemical, structural, electronic, and compositional study of polymer-based thermoelectric composites and their devices.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide readers with up-to-date research advances in polymer composites for thermoelectric energy conversion. We invite researchers to contribute research articles, review papers, and communications including, but not restricted to, the following:
- High-performance thermoelectric polymer-based composites;
- Novel fabrication methods of thermoelectric composites;
- Physical/chemical study of thermoelectric composites;
- Thermoelectric composite fibers;
- Novel design of flexible thermoelectric devices.
Dr. Siqi Liu
Dr. Hui Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermoelectric
- polymer composites
- conducting polymers
- flexible devices
- energy harvesting
- electrical conductivity
- Seebeck coefficient
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