Organic thermoelectric materials from conducting metallopolymers

Abstract

Seven different polymers with planar or strongly-interacting structure (PtTDPP16C, FFDPPS, FFDPPT, PtTPY1TPY, PtTPY2TPY, PtCC4H9 and CuCC4H9), twelve conjugated radical-containing metallopolymers (FFTEMPOS, FFTEMPOT,FTEMPOS, FFTPATEMPOS, FFTPATEMPOT, FTPATEMPOS, FFTTEMPOS, FFTTEMPOT, FTTEMPOS, FFCzTEMPOS, FFCzTEMPOT and FCzTEMPOS), three non-conjugated radical-containing polymers (FcCF4TBNO, FcCF5CONO, and FcCOOTEMPONO) and five chemically functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-Pt(PBu3)2-phenyl, SWCNT-Pt(PBu3)2-TPA, SWCNT-Pt(PBu3)2-TPE, SWCNT-Pt(PBu3)2-carbazole and SWCNT-Pt(PBu3)2-porphyrin) were synthesized. Their photophysical, electrochemical, thermoelectric properties (including electrical conductivity (σ), Seebeck coefficient (S) and power factor (PF)) and morphologies have been studied.