Flexible carbon nanotube papers with improved thermoelectric properties

• Main Authors: Zhao, Weiyun, Fan, Shufen, Xiao, Ni, Liu, Dayong, Tay, Yee Yan, Yu, Cui, Sim, Daohao, Hng, Huey Hoon, Zhang, Qichun, Zhang, Hua, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Yan, Qingyu, Ma, Jan, Zhao, Xinbing
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98089; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13285
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Although theoretical calculations indicate that the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could reach >2, the experimentally reported ZT values of CNTs are typically in the range of 10−3–10−2, which is not attractive for thermal energy conversion applications. In this wor...