A Potential Approach to Enhance the Seebeck Coefficient of UHMWPE by Using the Graphene Oxide

• 作者: Aqsa Irfan Malik Naqash Mehmood Malik Sajjad Mehmood Arif Aziz Mansoor Ahmad Baluch Muhammad Rizwan Tariq Yasin
• 来源期刊: 非金属材料科学(英文)
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: UHMWPE Graphene oxide Electrical conductivity Thermal conductivity Seebeck coefficient Figure of merit
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（2）
• 页码范围: 21-27
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: TQ3

摘要

Thermoelectric materials have been a competent source for the production of energy in the present decade.The most important and potential parameter required for the material to have better thermoelectric characteristics is the Seebeck coefficient.In this work,ultra high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE)and graphene oxide(GO)nanocomposites were prepared by mechanical mixing by containing 10000ppm,50000ppm,70000ppm,100000ppm,150000ppm,and 200000ppm loadings of graphene oxide.Due to the intrinsic insulating nature of UHMWPE,the value of Seebeck for pristine UHMWPE and its nanocomposites with 10000ppm&50000ppm of GO concentration was too low to be detected.However,the Seebeck coefficient for composites with 70000ppm,100000ppm,150000ppm,and 200000ppm loadings of GO was found to be 180,206,230,and 235μV/K,respectively.These higher values of Seebeck coefficients were attributed to the superior thermal insulating nature of UHMWPE and the conductive network induced by the GO within the UHMWPE insulating matrix.Although,the values of the figure of merit and power factor were negligibly small due to the lower concentration of charge carriers in UHMWPE/GO nanocomposites but still reported,results are extremely hopeful for considering the composite as the potential candidate for thermoelectric applications.