Simultaneous improvement of performance and stability in PEDOT:PSS-sorbitol composite based flexible thermoelectric modules by novel design and fabrication process

Jaeyun Kim; Rajkumar Patel; Byung Jun Jung; Jeonghun Kwak

Macromolecular Research, Vol.26, No.1, 61-65, January, 2018

DOI10.1007/s13233-018-6008-1 Export Citation

Simultaneous improvement of performance and stability in PEDOT:PSS-sorbitol composite based flexible thermoelectric modules by novel design and fabrication process

Jaeyun Kim, Rajkumar Patel, Byung Jun Jung¹, and Jeonghun Kwak^†

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea
¹Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea

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A flexible thermoelectric (TE) module was fabricated by merging two distinct highly flexible polyethersulfone (PES) substrates having either poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)-D-sorbitol composite as an active layer or thin gold electrodes for interconnection, respectively. Two substrates were well glued together in a general lamination method owing to the sticky nature of sorbitol, without any other adhesives. In addition, the PEDOT:PSS film was thermally annealed and encapsulated simultaneously by the merging process, which can reduce the TE module fabrication steps. The merged module consisting of four uni-legs exhibited a Seebeck voltage of 40.7 μV/K, which were higher than the values of the TE modules prepared using a well-known additives such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or etheylene glycol (EG) (∼30?40 μV/K).

Keywords:thermoelectric;module;PEDOT:PSS;sorbitol;stability;lamination

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