Seongkyun Kim , Taeyeop Kim , Jaehyun Sung , Yongjun Kim , Dongwoo Lee and Seunghyun BaikMaterials Horizons
Thermal rectification is an asymmetric heat transport phenomenon where thermal conductance changes depending on the temperature gradient direction. The experimentally reported efficiency of thermal rectification materials and devices, which are applicable for a wide range of temperatures, is relatively low. Here we report a giant thermal rectification efficiency of 218% by maximizing asymmetry in …
C. MUHAMMED AJMAL, SEOKJAE CHA, WONJOON KIM, K. P. FASEELA, HEEJUN YANG, AND SEUNGHYUN BAIKScience Advances
The dependence of the electrical resistance on materials’ geometry determines the performance of conductive nanocomposites. Here, we report the invariable resistance of a conductive nanocomposite over 30% strain. This is enabled by the in situ–generated hierarchically structured silver nanosatellite particles, realizing a short interparticle distance (4.37 nm) in a stretchable silicone rubber matr…
K. P. Faseela, C. Muhammed Ajmal, Seokjae Cha, Seunghyun BaikAdvanced Functional Materials
Copper (Cu) is an attractive low-cost alternative to silver or gold. However, it is susceptible to oxidation in air. Here, facile in situ regeneration of oxidized Cu flakes (CuFLs) for the synthesis of highly conductive non-oxidized nanocomposites is reported. The oxidized CuFLs are regenerated into non-oxidized CuFLs and Cu nanosatellite (CuNS) particles by formic acid-aided in situ etching and r…
Shabas Ahammed Abdul Jaleel, Taehun Kim, Seunghyun BaikAdvanced Materials
Phase-change materials (PCMs) have received considerable attention to take advantage of both pad-type and grease-type thermal interface materials (TIMs). However, the critical drawbacks of leaking, non-recyclability, and low thermal conductivity (κ) hinder industrial applications of PCM TIMs. Here, leakage-free healable PCM TIMs with extraordinarily high κ and low total thermal resistance (Rt) are…
Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-expanded graphene composites by simultaneous modulation of electronic and thermal carrier transport
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Daewoo Suh , Sanghoon Lee, Hyeona Mun, Sung-Hoon Park, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Sung Wng Kim, Jae-Young Choi, Seunghyun Baik
Solution-based synthesis of thermoelectric nanoplates, which provides a low thermal conductivity due to the grain boundary scattering, has received considerable attention as a scalable method. However, the scattering also decreased electrical conductivity leading to a low thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT). Here we employed expanded graphene to enhance thermoelectric performance of p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 composites by simultaneous improvement in electrical conduction and phonon scattering. The addition of expanded graphene (0.1 vol%) improved both carrier concentration and electrical conductivity of composites due to the high intrinsic p-type carrier concentration of graphene. Besides, it significantly decreased lattice thermal conductivity due to the phase boundary phonon scattering in spite of the high intrinsic thermal conductivity of graphene. The increased carrier concentration also suppressed the bipolar conduction resulting in a moderate increase in power factor and a slow increase in bipolar thermal conductivity at elevated temperatures. Overall, the maximum ZT increased by 45% (1.13 at 360 K) by the addition of expanded graphene. A similar trend with a greater maximum ZT (1.24 at 360 K) was observed when ball-milled Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 ingot powders were employed providing reliability of the suggested mechanism.
