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

Citation:
Nunna, R, Qiu P, Yin M, Chen H, Hanus R, Song Q, Zhang T, Chou M-Y, Agne MT, He J, Snyder JG, Shi X, Chen L.  2017.  Ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in Cu2Se-based hybrid materials with highly dispersed molecular CNTs. Energy Environ. Sci.. 10:1928-1935.: The Royal Society of Chemistry

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.

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