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An integral p-n connected all-graphene fiber boosting wearable thermoelectric energy harvesting
- Source :
- Composites Communications. 16:79-83
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Fiber-based thermoelectric (TE) generators have arose significant attention in recent years for portable energy supply devices. However, it is still a great challenge to fabricate integral p-n type connected graphene fibers (GFs) at present. Herein, we prepared p-type GFs by a simple process of chemical reduction. An integral p-n connected all-graphene fiber without additional adhesive was obtained with discontinuous doping with electron-donating polyethyleneimine ethoxylated (PEIE). The integral p-n connected GFs displayed a steady electrical conductivity, excellent flexibility and acceptable tensile properties. Furthermore, a flexible wearable TE generator was fabricated through integrating as-prepared integral p-n connected GFs into flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate, exhibiting a stable output power at the temperature difference between human body and air temperature, which may provide a good reference for fiber-based wearable TE energy supply.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Polymers and Plastics
02 engineering and technology
Substrate (electronics)
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Generator (circuit theory)
chemistry.chemical_compound
law
Thermoelectric effect
Materials Chemistry
Fiber
Polydimethylsiloxane
business.industry
Graphene
Doping
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
0104 chemical sciences
Power (physics)
chemistry
Mechanics of Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Optoelectronics
0210 nano-technology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24522139
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Composites Communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........41c96ee69d7e750971efe54425d41065