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Thermoelectric Enhancement in Polyaniline Composites with Polypyrrole-Functionalized Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

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This work suggests a facile method to improve the thermoelectric properties of polyaniline (PANi) composites. Carbon multiwall nanotubes (MWNTs) were noncovalently functionalized with polypyrrole (PPy-MWNTs) based on in situ polymerization, and these PPy-MWNTs were used to synthesize PPy-MWNT/PANi composites. The surface-functionalized PPy nanolayer on the MWNTs was found to yield a homogeneous dispersion of MWNTs and strong interfacial adhesion. The resulting composites demonstrated a remarkable enhancement in both electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient, and exhibited a high power factor of 3.1 μW/m K2 compared with the values of 0.006 μW/m K2 for PANi and 0.1 μW/m K2 for MWNT/PANi composite at 28.6 wt.% MWNT loading. The obtained results indicate that this method is useful for synthesizing conductive polymer composites with improved thermoelectric performance.

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Liu, J., Yu, HQ. Thermoelectric Enhancement in Polyaniline Composites with Polypyrrole-Functionalized Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes. J. Electron. Mater. 43, 1181–1187 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-013-2958-4

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