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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01149-4
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- 1000 Plan Program for Young Talents of China
- JSPS KAKENHI [25289226]
- NEDO-TherMat
- US National Science Foundation [1512776]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16K05947] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Hybrid inorganic-organic superlattice with an electron-transmitting but phonon-blocking structure has emerged as a promising flexible thin film thermoelectric material. However, the substantial challenge in optimizing carrier concentration without disrupting the superlattice structure prevents further improvement of the thermoelectric performance. Here we demonstrate a strategy for carrier optimization in a hybrid inorganic-organic superlattice of TiS2[tetrabutylammonium](x)[hexylammonium](y), where the organic layers are composed of a random mixture of tetrabutylammonium and hexylammonium molecules. By vacuum heating the hybrid materials at an intermediate temperature, the hexylammonium molecules with a lower boiling point are selectively de-intercalated, which reduces the electron density due to the requirement of electroneutrality. The tetrabutylammonium molecules with a higher boiling point remain to support and stabilize the superlattice structure. The carrier concentration can thus be effectively reduced, resulting in a remarkably high power factor of 904 mu Wm(-1) K-2 at 300 K for flexible thermoelectrics, approaching the values achieved in conventional inorganic semiconductors.
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