Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 2, 00374(2024)

High Thermoelectric Performance and Flexibility in Rationally Treated PEDOT:PSS Fiber Bundles

Ting Wu1,†... Xiao-Lei Shi2,†, Wei-Di Liu3, Meng Li2, Fang Yue4, Pei Huang1, Qingfeng Liu1,* and Zhi-Gang Chen2,** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Materials Oriented Chemistry Engineering, College of Chemistry Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 Jiangsu, China
  • 2School of Chemistry and Physics, ARC Research Hub in Zero-Emission Power Generation for Carbon Neutrality, Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
  • 3Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
  • 4Merino & Co Ltd, Osborne Park, WA 6017, Australia
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    Organic thermoelectric fibers have great potential as wearable thermoelectric textiles because of their one-dimensional structure and high flexibility. However, the insufficient thermoelectric performance, high fabrication cost, and mechanical fragility of most organic thermoelectric fibers significantly limit their practical applications. Here, we employ a rapid and cost-effective wet-spinning method to prepare dimethyl sulfoxide-doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) fiber bundles, followed by rational post-treatment with concentrated sulfuric acid (98% H2SO4) to enhance their thermoelectric performance. The wearable fiber bundles composed of multiple individual PEDOT:PSS fibers have effectively reduced resistance and overall high tensile strength and stability. Rational treatment with H2SO4 partially removes excessive PSS, thereby increasing the electrical conductivity to 4464 S cm‒1, while the parallel bundle is also a major factor in improving the power factor of up to 80.8 μW m‒1 K‒2, which is super-competitive compared with those of currently published studies. Besides, the thermoelectric device based on these fiber bundles exhibits high flexibility and promising output power of 2.25 nW at a temperature difference of 25 K. Our work provides insights into the fabrication of all-organic flexible high-conductivity textiles with high thermoelectric properties.

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    Ting Wu, Xiao-Lei Shi, Wei-Di Liu, Meng Li, Fang Yue, Pei Huang, Qingfeng Liu, Zhi-Gang Chen. High Thermoelectric Performance and Flexibility in Rationally Treated PEDOT:PSS Fiber Bundles[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(2): 00374

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Nov. 2, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 1, 2024

    Published Online: Jul. 5, 2024

    The Author Email: Liu Qingfeng (qfliu@njtech.edu.cn), Chen Zhi-Gang (zhigang.chen@qut.edu.au)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-024-00374-z

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