Multilayered carbon nanotube/polymer composite based thermoelectric fabrics.

Thermoelectrics are materials capable of the solid-state conversion between thermal and electrical energy. Carbon nanotube/polymer composite thin films are known to exhibit thermoelectric effects, however, have a low figure of merit (ZT) of 0.02.

Low band gap EDOT-benzobis(thiadiazole) hybrid polymer characterized on near-IR transmissive single walled carbon nanotube electrodes.

An electron donor/acceptor pi-conjugated polymer composed of a bi-EDOT and benzobis(thiadiazole) repeat unit exhibits two reductions with a band gap ranging from approximately 0.5 to 0.8 eV depending on the method of band gap determination.