Carbon nanotube thermoelectric devices by direct printing: Toward wearable energy converters

Lee, Hye Ryoung; Furukawa, Naoki; Ricco, Antonio J.; Pop, Eric; Cui, Yi; Nishi, Yoshio

doi:10.1063/5.0042349

Carbon nanotube thermoelectric devices by direct printing: Toward wearable energy converters

Journal Article · Mon Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0042349· OSTI ID:1819839

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Daihen Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Thermoelectric devices convert thermal energy to electrical energy and are particularly well-suited for energy harvesting from waste heat. Even as the number of electronic devices used in daily life proliferates, technical advances diminish the average power such devices require to perform a given function. Here, localized thermal gradients that abound in our living environments, despite having modest energy densities, are therefore becoming increasingly viable and attractive to power such devices. With this motivation, we report the design, fabrication, and characterization of single-wall carbon nanotube thermoelectric devices (CNT-TDs) on flexible polyimide substrates as a basis for wearable energy converters. Our aqueous-solution-based film fabrication process could enable readily scalable, low-cost TDs; here, we demonstrate CNT-hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) composite thermoelectric films by aerosol jet printing. The electrical conductivity of the composite films is controlled through the number of CNT/HPC layers printed in combination with control of the annealing conditions.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1819839

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 118; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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