Title :
Problems of conductive polymers as thermoelectric materials
Author :
Shinohara, Y. ; Ohara, K. ; Imai, Yuki ; Isoda, Y. ; Nakanishi, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Multidisciplinary Res. for Adv. Mater., Tohoku Univ., Miyagi, Japan
Abstract :
Thermoelectric energy conversion is paid attention to as an environmental technology. Research and development has been performed only for inorganic materials for a long time. From a point of view of environmental burden through material life cycle, organic/polymer materials are worthy to be pioneered. Thermoelectric eco-device could be realized by organic/polymer materials. We evaluated thermoelectric properties of typical conductive polymers to expose what are the problems of polymer applications to thermoelectric materials.
Keywords :
conducting polymers; organic compounds; thermoelectricity; conductive polymers; material life cycle; thermoelectric materials; Conducting materials; Conductivity measurement; Electric variables measurement; Inorganic materials; Manufacturing; Polymer films; Powders; Raw materials; Tellurium; Thermoelectricity;
Conference_Titel :
Thermoelectrics, 2003 Twenty-Second International Conference on - ICT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8301-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.2003.1287508
