Thermoelectric Properties of Polymer-Based Composite Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer-based composite materials have emerged as highly promising candidates for next-generation thermoelectric, electrocaloric, and mechanocaloric technologies due to their intrinsic flexibility, low density, solution processability, and tunable structures. By integrating functional fillers such as conductive polymers, carbon-based nanomaterials, inorganic thermoelectric phases, or hybrid architectures, these composites can achieve enhanced thermoelectric performance, as well as electrocaloric and mechanocaloric performance. Such features make them particularly attractive for low-grade waste heat recovery, wearable electronics, and flexible energy-harvesting devices.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform to highlight recent advances in the design, synthesis, processing, characterization, and theoretical understanding of polymer-based composites with thermoelectric and caloric functionalities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, structure–property relationships, multi-field coupling, interfacial engineering, charge transport mechanisms, device fabrication, and system-level performance evaluation. I would like to cordially invite submissions of original research, communications, and reviews to showcase state-of-the-art progress from leading experts in the field.
Dr. Shixian Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermoelectric
- electrocaloric
- mechanocaloric
- solid-state cooling
- waste heat recovery
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