Effect of interfacial properties on polymer-nanocrystal thermoelectric transport.

Coates, Nelson E; Yee, Shannon K; McCulloch, Bryan; See, Kevin C; Majumdar, Arun; Segalman, Rachel A; Urban, Jeffrey J · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The electrical behavior of a conducting-polymer/inorganic-nanowire composite is explained with a model in which carrier transport occurs predominantly through a highly conductive volume of polymer that exists at the polymer-nanowire interface. This result highlights the importance of controlling nanoscale interfaces for thermoelectric materials, and provides a general route for improving carrier transport in organic/inorganic composites.