Macroscopic weavable fibers of carbon nanotubes with giant thermoelectric power factor

Komatsu, Natsumi; Ichinose, Yota; Dewey, Oliver S.; Taylor, Lauren W.; Trafford, Mitchell A.; Yomogida, Yohei; Wehmeyer, Geoff; Pasquali, Matteo; Yanagi, Kazuhiro; Kono, Junichiro

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25208-z

Macroscopic weavable fibers of carbon nanotubes with giant thermoelectric power factor

Journal Article · Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25208-z· OSTI ID:1848341

^[1]; Ichinose, Yota ^[2]; Dewey, Oliver S. ^[3]; Taylor, Lauren W. ^[3]; Trafford, Mitchell A. ^[3]; Yomogida, Yohei ^[2]; Wehmeyer, Geoff ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[2]; ^[6]

Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Lab. for Nanophotonics, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Carbon Hub; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Carbon Hub; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Carbon Hub; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Carbon Hub; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Lab. for Nanophotonics, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Carbon Hub; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and NanoEngineering; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Low-dimensional materials have recently attracted much interest as thermoelectric materials because of their charge carrier confinement leading to thermoelectric performance enhancement. Carbon nanotubes are promising candidates because of their one-dimensionality in addition to their unique advantages such as flexibility and light weight. However, preserving the large power factor of individual carbon nanotubes in macroscopic assemblies has been challenging, primarily due to poor sample morphology and a lack of proper Fermi energy tuning. Here, we report an ultrahigh value of power factor (14± 5 mW m^-1 K^-2) for macroscopic weavable fibers of aligned carbon nanotubes with ultrahigh electrical and thermal conductivity. The observed giant power factor originates from the ultrahigh electrical conductivity achieved through excellent sample morphology, combined with an enhanced Seebeck coefficient through Fermi energy tuning. We fabricate a textile thermoelectric generator based on these carbon nanotube fibers, which demonstrates high thermoelectric performance, weavability, and scalability. The giant power factor we observe make these fibers strong candidates for the emerging field of thermoelectric active cooling, which requires a large thermoelectric power factor and a large thermal conductivity at the same time.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: JSPS KAKENHI; National Science Foundation (NSF); Robert A. Welch Foundation; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOD; USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0001015; EE0007865; FG02-06ER46308

OSTI ID:: 1848341

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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