What is it about?
This study demonstrates a possibility to design the highly flexible fibrous structures with high thermoelectric performance through combining the MWCNTs, CuO nanoparticles and PVP polymers via electrospinning method. In this work, we demonstrate single layer fibrous composite in which the MWCNTs were embedded in the conducting polymer chains and oriented along the fiber axis.
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Why is it important?
In recent years, global energy issues and the limited resources along with increased energy demands are the major challenges facing the 21st century . Hence, the need for alternative energy sources (such as solar energy, hydrogen energy, and biomass energy) to replace the conventional fossil fuels has prompted widespread researches for improving the efficiency of energy conversion technologies. Thermoelectric (TE) functional materials are considered as the most potential candidates to convert heat energy directly into usable electricity from waste heat such as the sun, industrial sectors and automobile exhausts
Perspectives
n the present research, the production of composite nanofiber and coated fabric using PVP/MWCNT/CuO with aim of preparing the thermoelectric material was taken into account. In the present study, we investigated the thermoelectric efficiency of PVP to substitute other conducting polymer such as PANI and PPy. Despite the promise of PANI, PVP offers the potential to be low cost, easy to process and environmentally benign. he results indicate that the nanocomposites produced through this research can be utilized as a thermoelectric material. The possibility of using these materials as energy saving devises and providing green energy makes the current results more attractive and promising. Undoubtedly, using these materials as wearable fabrics for people needs more elaborative consideration about other fabric features such as comfortability.
Saeed Salimian
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This page is a summary of: Nanoparticle-loaded highly flexible fibrous structures exhibiting desirable thermoelectric properties, Diamond and Related Materials, June 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2018.04.018.
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