Abstract
Development of high-performance organic thermoelectric (TE) materials is of vital importance for flexible power generation and solid-cooling applications. Demonstrated here is the significant enhancement in TE performance of selenium-substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) derivatives. Along with strong intermolecular interactions and high Hall mobilities of 1.0–2.3 cm2 V−1 s−1 in doping-states for polymers, PDPPSe-12 exhibits a maximum power factor and ZT of up to 364 μW m−1 K−2 and 0.25, respectively. The performance is more than twice that of the sulfur-based DPP derivative and represents the highest value for p-type organic thermoelectric materials based on high-mobility polymers. These results reveal that selenium substitution can serve as a powerful strategy towards rationally designed thermoelectric polymers with state-of-the-art performances.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 18994-18999 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 52 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 19 2019 |
Keywords
- conducting materials
- polymers
- selenium
- semiconductors
- thermoelectric materials
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry