Design and synthesis of n-type conjugated polymers for organic thermoelectric generators
Fellow:
Qifan Li (ESR 8)
Home Institution:
Linköping University, Sweden
1st Secondment:
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy (IIT)
2nd Secondment:
Hot Disk AB, Sweden
Supervisor:
Simone Fabiano (Linköping)
Co-Supervisor:
Mario Caironi (IIT)
Objectives
- Investigation of the newly discovered dopant-free high-conductivity polymeric systems based on ground-state electron transfer
- Characterization of the TE properties of the dopant-free conductive polymers
- Development of high- conductivity inks for scalable deposition processes such as inkjet and screen printing, as well as optimization of the coating/printing processes
- Fabrication and characterization of printed mini-module TEGs
Expected results
- Understanding the mechanism of ground-state electron transfer in donor-acceptor polymer heterojunctions and its impact on the polymer blend TE properties
- Developing conductive inks and scalable deposition processes
- Printing of TE mini-module prototype with record performance
Skills acquired
- Design and characterization of multicomponent electronic materials
- Printing of functional materials and devices
- Design and characterization of TE modules