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One-pot fabrication and enhanced thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Bi2S3 nanocomposites

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Bi2S3 nanotubes and de-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) composite nanopowders were synchronously synthesized by a one-pot self-assembly method. The powders were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. Thermoelectric properties of the Bi2S3–PEDOT composite nanopowders with different Bi2S3 contents after being cold pressed into pellets were measured at room temperature. The sample with 36.1 wt% Bi2S3 has a highest power factor of 2.3 μWm−1K−2, which is higher than that of both pure PEDOT (0.445 μWm−1K−2) and Bi2S3 (1.94 μWm−1K−2).

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (50872095), Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China, the foundation of the State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, and Foundation of the State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University.

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    Yuan Yuan Wang, Ke Feng Cai & Xi Yao

  2. State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Ke Feng Cai

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Wang, Y.Y., Cai, K.F. & Yao, X. One-pot fabrication and enhanced thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Bi2S3 nanocomposites. J Nanopart Res 14, 848 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-0848-y

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