Flexible layer-structured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric on a carbon nanotube scaffold

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 62 - 68
• Main Authors: Jin, Qun, Jiang, Song, Zhao, Yang, Wang, Dong, Qiu, Jianhang, Tang, Dai-Ming, Tan, Jun, Sun, Dong-Ming, Hou, Peng-Xiang, Chen, Xing-Qiu, Tai, Kaiping, Gao, Ning, Liu, Chang, Cheng, Hui-Ming, Jiang, Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.01.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301; 639/301/1005; 639/301/299; 639/301/357; 639/301/357/73; Biomaterials; Bismuth tellurides; Carbon; Chemistry and Materials Science; Condensed Matter Physics; Crystal structure; Crystallography; Fabrication; Figure of merit; Flexibility; Heat conductivity; Laboratories; Materials Science; Nanocrystals; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Porosity; Power factor; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric materials

Inorganic chalcogenides are traditional high-performance thermoelectric materials. However, they suffer from intrinsic brittleness and it is very difficult to obtain materials with both high thermoelectric ability and good flexibility. Here, we report a flexible thermoelectric material comprising hi...