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Enhanced thermoelectric properties of polypyrrole/metals hydroxides composites

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In an attempt to improve the thermoelectric (TE) properties of conducting polymers, polypyrrole/metal hydroxide composites were prepared. Oxidative polymerization technique was used to prepare polypyrrole (PPy), while sol gel method was used to produce the metal hydroxides of Ni(II), Co(II), Sr(II), Si(IV) and Zn (II). Typically, an in-situ approach was used to polymerize pyrrole monomer on the surface of the resultant hydroxides. The structural and surface properties of the prepared composites were analyzed by different techniques. The prepared composites were compacted into pellets to investigate their thermoelectric properties. The presence of metal hydroxides with polypyrrole were found to significantly enhance the power factors and the figure of merits values. At room temperature the first factor increased from 0.07 µW/m K2 for the neat PPy to approximately 0.32 µW/m K2 for the polypyrrole/metal hydroxide composites mainly of Co, while the second one increased from 0.05 × 10−3 to 0.36 × 10−3. The TE properties of polypyrrole/metal hydroxide composites of Ni and Si were also enhanced due to the significant reduction in their thermal conductivity. The findings from this study may potentially serve as a valuable resource for the advancement of future thermoelectric materials and devices.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah Almaghraby, Mohamed Helmy Abdel-Aziz & Mohamed Shafick Zoromba

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Saudi Arabia

    Alaa Attar

  3. K. A. CARE Energy Research and Innovation Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Neazar Baghdadi & Numan Salah

  4. Center of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Neazar Baghdadi & Numan Salah

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Mohamed Helmy Abdel-Aziz

  6. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port-Said, 42521, Egypt

    Mohamed Shafick Zoromba

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Almaghraby, A., Attar, A., Baghdadi, N. et al. Enhanced thermoelectric properties of polypyrrole/metals hydroxides composites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1670 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11069-3

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