Organic Thermoelectric Materials

✍ Scribed by Chen, Lidong; Frei, Heinz; Kar, Kamal Krishna; Koumoto, Kunihito; Li, Ling; Ouyang, Jianyong; Urban, Jeffery; Wang, Shiren; Xu, Hui; Zhang, Kun

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cover; Organic Thermoelectric Materials; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 History of TE Materials: Past to Present and Future; 1.3 Thermoelectrics: Basic Principles; 1.4 Charge-carrier Transport; 1.5 Electrical Conductivity and Seebeck Optimization; 1.6 Thermal Transport; 1.7 Module Performance and Design; 1.8 Measurement Techniques for Organic TE Materials; 1.9 Perspective; References; Chapter 2 -- Thermoelectric Transport Theory in Organic Semiconductors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Organic Semiconductors; 2.1.2 Transport Mechanism of Organic Semiconductors;This book summarises the significant progress made in organic thermoelectric materials, focusing on effective routes to minimize thermal conductivity and maximize power factor.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Organic Thermoelectric Materials
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1 --
Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.2 History of TE Materials: Past to Present and Future
1.3 Thermoelectrics: Basic Principles
1.4 Charge-carrier Transport
1.5 Electrical Conductivity and Seebeck Optimization
1.6 Thermal Transport
1.7 Module Performance and Design
1.8 Measurement Techniques for Organic TE Materials
1.9 Perspective
References
Chapter 2 --
Thermoelectric Transport Theory in Organic Semiconductors
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Organic Semiconductors
2.1.2 Transport Mechanism of Organic Semiconductors 2.1.3 Thermoelectric Effect2.2 Basic Thermoelectric Transport Equations
2.2.1 Boltzmann Transport Equation
2.2.2 Mott's Type Expression
2.2.3 General Expression of the Seebeck Effect
2.3 Thermoelectric Transport Theory
2.3.1 First-principles Theory
2.3.2 Hopping Transport Theory
2.3.2.1 Carrier-concentration Dependence
2.3.2.2 Temperature Effect
2.3.2.3 Polaron Effect
2.3.2.4 Dipole Effect
2.3.3 Percolation Theory
2.3.4 Hybrid Theory
2.4 Monte Carlo Simulation
2.5 Conclusion and Outlook
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 3 --
Synthesis of Organic Thermoelectric Materials 3.1 Introduction3.2 Synthesis of Organic Conducting Polymers
3.2.1 Synthesis of Polyacetylene (PA)
3.2.1.1 The Shirakawa Technique
3.2.1.2 Radiation-induced Polymerization
3.2.1.3 Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization
3.2.2 Synthesis of Poly(p-phenylene) (PPP)
3.2.3 Synthesis of Polypyrrole (PPy)
3.2.3.1 Chemical Synthesis
3.2.3.2 Electrochemical Synthesis
3.2.4 Synthesis of Polycarbazole (PCz)
3.2.4.1 Chemical Synthesis
3.2.4.2 Electrochemical Synthesis
3.2.5 Synthesis of Polyaniline (PANi)
3.2.5.1 Chemical Synthesis
3.2.5.2 Electrochemical Synthesis 3.2.5.3 Other Synthesis Methods3.2.6 Synthesis of Polythiophene (PTh)
3.2.6.1 Synthesis of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) by Catalytic Oxidative Polymerization
3.2.6.2 Electrochemical Synthesis
3.2.6.3 Synthesis of Poly(3-methylthiophene) by Oxidative Coupling of Dilithiothiophenes
3.2.7 Synthesis of Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) (P3AT)
3.2.8 Synthesis of PEDOT
3.2.9 Synthesis of Polyphenylenevinylene (PPV)
3.2.9.1 Polymerization of p-quinodimethane Intermediates
3.2.9.2 Palladium-catalyzed Cross-coupling
3.2.9.3 Metathesis Polymerization
3.2.9.4 Nucleophilic Polycondensation 3.3 Organic Thermoelectric Materials Based on Complex Polymers3.4 Organic Semiconductors Based on Small Molecules
3.5 Summary
References
Chapter 4 --
PEDOT-based Thermoelectrics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 TE Properties of PEDOT-based Materials
4.2.1 Charge Delocalization
4.2.2 Doping Level
4.2.3 Molecular Weight and Nanostructure
4.2.4 Surface Energy Filtering
4.3 PEDOT-based Composites
4.4 PEDOT-based TE Devices
4.5 Summary
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 5 --
Carbon Based Thermoelectric Materials
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Carbon Nanomaterial
5.2.1 Fullerenes
5.2.2 Graphene

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