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    Thermoelectric materials: A brief historical survey from metal junctions and inorganic semiconductors to organic polymers

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    Volume
    54
    Pagination
    534 - 552
    DOI
    10.1002/ijch.201400037
    Journal
    Israel Journal of Chemistry
    Issue
    5-6
    ISSN
    0021-2148
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    Abstract
    The use of thermoelectric technology is attractive in many potential applications, such as energy scavenging from waste heat. The basic principles for harvesting electricity from a temperature gradient were first discovered around 180 years ago, but the contemporary technology utilising inorganic semiconductors was only developed since the early 1950s. The widespread use of this platform has so far been limited by a combination of relatively low efficiency in energy conversion or by issues related to the utilisation of rare, expensive and/or toxic elements that can be difficult to process. Recently much interest has been focused on the use of organic materials in thermoelectric devices, prompted by the possibility of developing large-area, low-cost devices. Considerable research in the last 20 years has been focused on understanding and improving organic thermoelectric properties, with remarkable progress recently published for compounds such as PEDOT and others. Here we provide an overview into thermoelectricity, from the initial discoveries made by Johann Seebeck to modern practical applications including the current trends in organic thermoelectric research. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
    Authors
    Taroni, PJ; Hoces, I; Stingelin, N; Heeney, M; Bilotti, E
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    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/16104
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    This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the Israel Journal of Chemistry following peer review. The version of record is available http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijch.201400037/full
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