Ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in Cu2Se-based hybrid materials with highly dispersed molecular CNTs

Raghavendra Nunna, Pengfei Qiu, Meijie Yin, Hongyi Chen, Riley Hanus, Qingfeng Song, Tiansong Zhang, Mei Yin Chou, Matthias T. Agne, Jiaqing He, G. Jeffrey Snyder*, Xun Shi, Lidong Chen

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Abstract

Here, by utilizing the special interaction between metal Cu and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), we have successfully realized the in situ growth of Cu2Se on the surface of CNTs and then fabricated a series of Cu2Se/CNT hybrid materials. Due to the high degree of homogeneously dispersed molecular CNTs inside the Cu2Se matrix, a record-high thermoelectric figure of merit zT of 2.4 at 1000 K has been achieved.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1928-1935
Number of pages8
JournalEnergy and Environmental Science
Volume10
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Pollution

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