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Fabrication of n-type flexible films with a double-layer structure by hybridizing Bi2Se3 and poly(vinyl alcohol)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2018

Akira Ohnuma
Akira Ohnuma*
Affiliation:
New Field Pioneering Division, Toyota Boshoku Corporation, Kariya, Aichi 448-8651, Japan
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Address all correspondence to Akira Ohnuma at akira.onuma@toyota-boshoku.com
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Abstract

Here we report a new type of n-type flexible film with a double-layer structure fabricated by hybridizing an n-type inorganic thermoelectric material, bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3), and an ordinary insulating polymer, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). Flake-shaped Bi2Se3 nanoparticles (Bi2Se3 nanoflakes) modified with/without gold (Au) nanoparticles were distributed in the one side of PVA film with the particular arrangement, and the hybrid film showed a high Seebeck coefficient (−91 µV/K at room temperature) as an n-type flexible material. Our method is expected to be used for the design of flexible functional devices such as flexible thermoelectric modules.

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MRS Communications , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 1261 - 1266
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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