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ArticleOpen research Europe2025

Improving the thermoelectric power factor of PEDOT:PSS with 4,4'-bipyridine and LiBF

Md Mahmudur Rahman, Mauricio Solis-de la Fuente, Lourdes Márquez-García, Sergio Castro-Ruiz, Estelle Liautaud, Lucie Fournier, Camille Chatard, Agathe Bouvet-Marchand, Mario Culebras, Jorge García-Cañadas

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Md Mahmudur Rahman *Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Valencian Community, 12006, Spain.
Mauricio Solis-de la Fuente *Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Valencian Community, 12006, Spain.
Lourdes Márquez-García *Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Valencian Community, 12006, Spain.
Sergio Castro-RuizDepartment of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Valencian Community, 12006, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0083-6572
Estelle LiautaudSpecific Polymers, Castries, 34160, France.
Lucie FournierSpecific Polymers, Castries, 34160, France.
Camille ChatardSpecific Polymers, Castries, 34160, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8422-4515
Agathe Bouvet-MarchandSpecific Polymers, Castries, 34160, France.
Mario CulebrasInstitute of Material Science, University of Valencia, Valencia, 46071, Spain.
Jorge García-CañadasDepartment of Industrial Systems Engineering and Design, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Valencian Community, 12006, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1330-8648

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Abstract

Background: Thermoelectric (TE) materials can directly convert heat into electricity, which is beneficial for energy sustainability. Organic conducting polymers are TE materials that have drawn significant attention owing to different favorable properties, such as good processability, availability, flexibility, and intrinsically low thermal conductivity. Among the organic TEs, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) is the most extensively investigated material because of its stability and high electrical conductivity. The power factor ( Methods: Herein, we have analyzed the impact on the Results: The results show that after the treatments, the Seebeck coefficient increased from ca. 12 to ca. 21 μV/K in both cases, and the electrical resistance of the film increased by 46.78% for 4,4'-bipyridine, and only 4.38% in the case of LiBF Conclusion: These two new treatments demonstrate their capability to reach

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electrolyteimpedance spectroscopy.organic thermoelectricthermoelectric polymerthin filmviologen

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PMCPMC12405852

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