Low‐Temperature‐Processed Colloidal Quantum Dots as Building Blocks for Thermoelectrics

• Published in: Advanced energy materials Vol. 9; no. 13
• Main Authors: Nugraha, Mohamad I., Kim, Hyunho, Sun, Bin, Haque, Md Azimul, Arquer, Francisco Pelayo Garcia, Villalva, Diego Rosas, El‐Labban, Abdulrahman, Sargent, Edward H., Alshareef, Husam N., Baran, Derya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 04.04.2019
• Subjects: Annealing; colloidal quantum dots; Colloiding; Coupling; High temperature; Ligands; Low temperature; Power factor; Quantum confinement; quantum dot thermoelectrics; Quantum dots; Seebeck effect; solution processable materials; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectric generators; Thermoelectricity; thermoelectrics

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are demonstrated to be promising materials to realize high‐performance thermoelectrics owing to their low thermal conductivity. The most studied CQD films, however, are using long ligands that require high processing and operation temperature (>400 °C) to achieve opt...