Login / Signup

Capillary compression induced outstanding n-type thermoelectric power factor in CNT films towards intelligent temperature controller.

Hong WangKuncai LiXin HaoJiahao PanTiantian ZhuangXu DaiJing WangBin ChenDaotong Chong
Published in: Nature communications (2024)
One-dimensional carbon nanotubes are promising candidates for thermoelectrics because of their excellent electrical and mechanical properties. However, the large n-type power factor remains elusive in macroscopic carbon nanotubes films. Herein, we report an outstanding n-type power factor of 6.75 mW m -1  K -2 for macroscopic carbon nanotubes films with high electrical and thermal conductivity. A high-power density curl-able thermoelectric generator is fabricated with the obtained carbon nanotubes films, which exhibits a high normalized power output density of 2.75 W m -1 at a temperature difference of 85 K. The value is higher than that of previously reported flexible all-inorganic thermoelectric generators (<0.3 W m -1 ). An intelligent temperature controller with automated temperature-controlling ability is fabricated by assembling these thermoelectric generators, which demonstrates the potential application of the carbon nanotubes films in automated thermal management of electronic devices where requires a large thermoelectric power factor and a large thermal conductivity simultaneously.
Keyphrases
  • carbon nanotubes
  • machine learning
  • deep learning
  • risk assessment
  • diabetic rats
  • endothelial cells