Thermoelectric properties of bulk multi-walled carbon nanotube - poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites: Study of the structure/property relationships - Université de Lille
Article Dans Une Revue Synthetic Metals Année : 2020

Thermoelectric properties of bulk multi-walled carbon nanotube - poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites: Study of the structure/property relationships

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The cross-plane thermoelectric properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes-poly(vinylidene fluoride) (MWCNT-PVDF) nanocomposites were investigated at room temperature as a function of MWCNT content (from 5 to 50 wt%). Special attention was paid to the influence of the nature of the polymer crystal phase. Incorporation of MWCNT induces PVDF polar β-phase formation, coexisting with the major non polar α-phase. Significant improvement of the thermoelectric properties is evidenced, with the best values obtained at 50 wt% MWCNT loading. A post treatment at high temperature (T =165 °C) results in the development of the polar γ-phase from the α- and β-polymorphs. Nanocomposites annealing significantly enhances the Seebeck coefficient, typically from 14 up to 20 μV K−1, yielding a power factor of 4.6 × 10−2 μW m−1 K−2 and a figure of merit ZT of 1.6 × 10−5 at 50 wt%, which is the best ZT value that can be found in the literature, regarding MWCNT-PVDF bulk nanocomposites. Structural analysis underlines for the first time the impact of the polymer polar γ-phase on the nanocomposite thermoelectric properties.
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hal-02964071 , version 1 (22-08-2022)

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Jean-Francois Brun, Corinne Binet, Jean-Francois Tahon, Ahmed Addad, Pauline Tranchard, et al.. Thermoelectric properties of bulk multi-walled carbon nanotube - poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposites: Study of the structure/property relationships. Synthetic Metals, 2020, Synthetic Metals, pp.116525. ⟨10.1016/j.synthmet.2020.116525⟩. ⟨hal-02964071⟩
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