Molecular Level Insight into Enhanced n‐Type Transport in Solution‐Printed Hybrid Thermoelectrics
Abstract
Abstract Perylene diimide (PDI) derivatives hold great promise as stable, solution‐printable n‐type organic thermoelectric materials, but as of yet lack sufficient electrical conductivity to warrant further development. Hybrid PDI‐inorganic nanomaterials have the potential to leverage these physical advantages while simultaneously achieving higher thermoelectric performance. However, lack of molecular level insight precludes design of high performing PDI‐based hybrid thermoelectrics. Herein, the first explicit crystal structure of these materials is reported, providing previously inaccessible insight into the relationship between their structure and thermoelectric properties. Allowing this molecular level insight to drive novel methodologies, simple solution‐based techniques to prepare PDI hybrid thermoelectric inks with up to 20‐fold enhancement in thermoelectric power factor over the pristine molecule (up to 17.5 µW mK −2 ) is presented. This improved transport is associated with reorganization of organic molecules on the surface of inorganic nanostructures. Additionally, outstanding mechanical flexibility is demonstrated by fabricating solution‐printed thermoelectric modules with innovative folded geometries. This work provides the first direct evidence that packing/organization of organic molecules on inorganic nanosurfaces is the key to effective thermoelectric transport in nanohybrid systems.
- Authors:
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA, The Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- The Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA, Applied Science and Technology Graduate Group University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- The Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory CA 94720 USA
- The Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA, Department of Chemical Engineering New York University NY 11201 USA
- Publication Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1494785
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Zaia, Edmond W., Gordon, Madeleine P., Niemann, Valerie, Choi, Jaeyoo, Chatterjee, Ruchira, Hsu, Chih‐Hao, Yano, Junko, Russ, Boris, Sahu, Ayaskanta, and Urban, Jeffrey J. Molecular Level Insight into Enhanced n‐Type Transport in Solution‐Printed Hybrid Thermoelectrics. Germany: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201803469.
Zaia, Edmond W., Gordon, Madeleine P., Niemann, Valerie, Choi, Jaeyoo, Chatterjee, Ruchira, Hsu, Chih‐Hao, Yano, Junko, Russ, Boris, Sahu, Ayaskanta, & Urban, Jeffrey J. Molecular Level Insight into Enhanced n‐Type Transport in Solution‐Printed Hybrid Thermoelectrics. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803469
Zaia, Edmond W., Gordon, Madeleine P., Niemann, Valerie, Choi, Jaeyoo, Chatterjee, Ruchira, Hsu, Chih‐Hao, Yano, Junko, Russ, Boris, Sahu, Ayaskanta, and Urban, Jeffrey J. Thu .
"Molecular Level Insight into Enhanced n‐Type Transport in Solution‐Printed Hybrid Thermoelectrics". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803469.
@article{osti_1494785,
title = {Molecular Level Insight into Enhanced n‐Type Transport in Solution‐Printed Hybrid Thermoelectrics},
author = {Zaia, Edmond W. and Gordon, Madeleine P. and Niemann, Valerie and Choi, Jaeyoo and Chatterjee, Ruchira and Hsu, Chih‐Hao and Yano, Junko and Russ, Boris and Sahu, Ayaskanta and Urban, Jeffrey J.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Perylene diimide (PDI) derivatives hold great promise as stable, solution‐printable n‐type organic thermoelectric materials, but as of yet lack sufficient electrical conductivity to warrant further development. Hybrid PDI‐inorganic nanomaterials have the potential to leverage these physical advantages while simultaneously achieving higher thermoelectric performance. However, lack of molecular level insight precludes design of high performing PDI‐based hybrid thermoelectrics. Herein, the first explicit crystal structure of these materials is reported, providing previously inaccessible insight into the relationship between their structure and thermoelectric properties. Allowing this molecular level insight to drive novel methodologies, simple solution‐based techniques to prepare PDI hybrid thermoelectric inks with up to 20‐fold enhancement in thermoelectric power factor over the pristine molecule (up to 17.5 µW mK −2 ) is presented. This improved transport is associated with reorganization of organic molecules on the surface of inorganic nanostructures. Additionally, outstanding mechanical flexibility is demonstrated by fabricating solution‐printed thermoelectric modules with innovative folded geometries. This work provides the first direct evidence that packing/organization of organic molecules on inorganic nanosurfaces is the key to effective thermoelectric transport in nanohybrid systems.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.201803469},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 13,
volume = 9,
place = {Germany},
year = {Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803469
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