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A Strategy for Fabricating Ultra-Flexible Thermoelectric Films Using Ag 2 Se-Based Ink.

Yunhuan YuanChaogang DingRui YinShun LuJie XuWei RenKang LiWeiwei Zhao
Published in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Flexible thermoelectric materials have drawn significant attention from researchers due to their potential applications in wearable electronics and the Internet of Things. Despite many reports on these materials, it remains a significant challenge to develop cost-effective methods for large-scale, patterned fabrication of materials that exhibit both excellent thermoelectric performance and remarkable flexibility. In this study, we have developed an Ag 2 Se-based ink with excellent printability that can be used to fabricate flexible thermoelectric films by screen printing and low-temperature sintering. The printed films exhibit a Seebeck coefficient of -161 μV/K and a power factor of 3250.9 μW/m·K 2 at 400 K. Moreover, the films demonstrate remarkable flexibility, showing minimal changes in resistance after being bent 5000 times at a radius of 5 mm. Overall, this research offers a new opportunity for the large-scale patterned production of flexible thermoelectric films.
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