N-type organic thermoelectrics: demonstration of ZT > 0.3

Achieved high thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in organic thermoelectric materials remains a challenge due to their low packing order and poor host/dopant miscibility. Here, the authors report side chain-engineered n-doped fullerene derivatives with record ZT >0.3 for organic thermoelectrics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jian Liu, Bas van der Zee, Riccardo Alessandri, Selim Sami, Jingjin Dong, Mohamad I. Nugraha, Alex J. Barker, Sylvia Rousseva, Li Qiu, Xinkai Qiu, Nathalie Klasen, Ryan C. Chiechi, Derya Baran, Mario Caironi, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Giuseppe Portale, Remco W. A. Havenith, Siewert J. Marrink, Jan C. Hummelen, L. Jan Anton Koster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19537-8