Effect of the Conformation Changes of Polyelectrolytes on Organic Thermoelectric Performances

Kyungwho Choi; Jihun Son; Yong Tae Park; Jung Sang Cho; Chungyeon Cho

Macromolecular Research, Vol.28, No.11, 997-1002, October, 2020

DOI10.1007/s13233-020-8133-x Export Citation

Effect of the Conformation Changes of Polyelectrolytes on Organic Thermoelectric Performances

Kyungwho Choi, Jihun Son¹, Yong Tae Park², Jung Sang Cho³, and Chungyeon Cho^{1, †}

School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi 10540, Korea
¹Department of Carbon Convergence Engineering, College of Engineering, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea
²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 17058, Korea
³Department of Engineering Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Gaesin-Dong, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea

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The relationship between the conformation of a polyelectrolyte and the performance of organic thermoelectric multilayers was studied. The conformational change of a weak polyelectrolyte via controlling assembling pH gave rise to a different thermoelectric behaviour in thin films. Organic thermoelectric multilayers were fabricated by alternately depositing bilayers (BL) of a positively-charged polyaniline (PANi) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT), stabilized in poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), via a layer-by-layer assembly technique. The electrical conductivity and See-beck coefficient of PANi/MWNT-PAA nanocomposites were measured by varying assembly pH of PAA solutions. Altering the deposition pH of PAA resulted in different thermoelectric performances. A 40 BL thin film (∼210 nm thick) of PANi/MWNT-PAA assembled at pH 2.5/6.5 exhibited electrical conductivity of 95.2 S/cm and a Seebeck coefficient of 35 μV/K. This translates to a power factor of 11.7 μW/m·K2, which is 50 times higher than that of the same film with all components deposited at pH 2.5. Enhancement of thermoelectric behaviour in PANi/MWNT-PAA nanocomposites is attributed to a conjugated π-π network, together with a tightly packed nanostructure.

Keywords:layer-by-layer assembly;polyelectrolytes;power factor;electrical conductivity

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