Case Western Reserve University, Chemistry, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 (USA).
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Feb 2;54(6):1710-23. doi: 10.1002/anie.201408431. Epub 2014 Dec 23.
This review covers recently reported polymer composites that show a thermoelectric (TE) effect and thus have potential application as thermoelectric generators and Peltier coolers. The growing need for CO2-minimizing energy sources and thermal management systems makes the development of new TE materials a key challenge for researchers across many fields, particularly in light of the scarcity or toxicity of traditional inorganic TE materials based on Te and Pb. Recent reports of composites with inorganic and organic additives in conjugated and insulating polymer matrices are covered, as well as the techniques needed to fully characterize their TE properties.
这篇综述涵盖了最近报道的聚合物复合材料，这些复合材料表现出了热电（TE）效应，因此有作为热电发电机和珀耳帖冷却器的潜在应用。对减少 CO2 的能源和热管理系统的需求不断增长，使得开发新型热电材料成为许多领域研究人员的关键挑战，尤其是考虑到基于 Te 和 Pb 的传统无机热电材料的稀缺性或毒性。本文涵盖了在共轭和绝缘聚合物基质中添加无机和有机添加剂的复合材料的最新报道，以及充分表征其热电性能所需的技术。
