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Effect of Polyaniline/manganese Dioxide Composite on the Thermoelectric Effect of Cement-based Materials

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To enhance the thermoelectric effect of cement-based materials, conductive polyaniline (PANI) modified MnO2 powder was synthesized and used as a thermoelectric component in the cement composites. The nanostructured PANI was deposited on the surface of the nanorod-shaped α-MnO2 particle and the weight ratio of PANI to MnO2 was 22.3:77.7 in the composite. The synthesized PANI/MnO2 composite was nanostructured according to the SEM image. The test results of the thermoelectric properties proved that the PANI/MnO2 composite was effective as the Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity values of the cement composites with PANI/MnO2 inside were 3–4 orders of magnitude higher than those of pure cement paste and the thermal conductivity values of these cement samples were similar. The obtained maximum figure of merit (ZT) value (2.75×10−3) was much larger than that of conductive materials reinforced cement-based composites. The thermoelectric effect of cement composites is mainly enhanced by the increased Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in this work.

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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51525903, 51808369 and 52078247), the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (No.20KJB560005), the Science Foundation of Nan**g Institute of Technology (No.YKJ201929)

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  1. School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Nan**g Institute of Technology, Nan**g, 211167, China

    Tao Ji  (季涛) & Shi** Zhang  (张士萍)

  2. College of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266033, China

    **ao Liao & **aoying Zhang

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215011, China

    Yan He

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China

    **ong Zhang

  5. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China

    Weihua Li

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Ji, T., Liao, X., He, Y. et al. Effect of Polyaniline/manganese Dioxide Composite on the Thermoelectric Effect of Cement-based Materials. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 38, 109–116 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-023-2673-0

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