Liquid Exfoliated Graphene as Dopant for Improving the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Conductive PEDOT:PSS Nanofilm with Hydrazine Treatment

Xiong, J; Jiang, F; Shi, H; Xu, J; Liu, C; Zhou, W; Jiang, Q; Zhu, Z; Hu, Y

HERO ID

3540806

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2015

Language

English

PMID

26090567

HERO ID 3540806
In Press No
Year 2015
Title Liquid Exfoliated Graphene as Dopant for Improving the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Conductive PEDOT:PSS Nanofilm with Hydrazine Treatment
Authors Xiong, J; Jiang, F; Shi, H; Xu, J; Liu, C; Zhou, W; Jiang, Q; Zhu, Z; Hu, Y
Volume 7
Issue 27
Page Numbers 14917-14925
Abstract <strong>UNLABELLED: </strong>Here, we fabricated a highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (<br /><br /><strong>PEDOT: </strong>PSS) nanofilm via vacuum filtration with enhanced thermoelectric power factor by doping of liquid exfoliated graphene (GE) and hydrazine treatment. The effect of GE exfoliated in dimethylformamide (DMF) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) on the electrical conductivity and thermopower of<br /><br /><strong>PEDOT: </strong>PSS was investigated. Although electrical conductivity decreased with increasing GE, thermoelectric power factors of<br /><br /><strong>PEDOT: </strong>PSS nanofilms were improved with 3 wt % GE in DMF (38.6 μW m(-1) K(-2)) and in NMP (28.0 μW m(-1) K(-2)) compared to pure<br /><br /><strong>PEDOT: </strong>PSS (11.5 μW m(-1) K(-2)). The mechanism of improvement was proposed to be the removal of PSS and the good interaction between PEDOT and GE. With hydrazine treatment, 3 wt % GE-doped<br /><br /><strong>PEDOT: </strong>PSS nanofilm (PG3) showed a further enhanced power factor of 53.3 μW m(-1) K(-2) (∼5 times higher than that of pristine<br /><br /><strong>PEDOT: </strong>PSS nanofilm). The effects of hydrazine containing concentration, treatment time, and temperature on the electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of PG3 were investigated systematically. An estimated thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) is 0.05 with the optimized power factor at room temperature.
Doi 10.1021/acsami.5b03692
Pmid 26090567
Wosid WOS:000358395200047
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Comments Journal: ACS applied materials &amp; interfaces ISSN: 1944-8252
Is Public Yes
Language Text English