Carrier-carrier Coulomb interactions reduce power factor in organic thermoelectrics
Marten Koopmans a, L. Jan Anton Koster a
a Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Nijenborgh, 7, Groningen, Netherlands
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe Fall Meeting 2021 (NFM21)
#ThermoElect21. New concepts in organic/hybrid thermoelectrics
Online, Spain, 2021 October 18th - 22nd
Organizers: L. Jan Anton Koster and Derya Baran
Contributed talk, Marten Koopmans, presentation 102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2021.102
Publication date: 23rd September 2021

Organic semiconductors are excellent candidates for low temperature thermoelectric generators. However, such thermoelectric applications require that the materials be doped and highly conductive.


Here, we show how doping affects the Seebeck coefficient in organic semiconductors using kinetic Monte-Carlo simulations. Employing a hopping transport approach we demonstrate that at high dopant loading, carrier-carrier interactions can reduce the Seebeck coefficient. This results in systems with intrinsic disorder still following Heike’s formula for thermopower at high dopant density. Reducing these carrier-carrier interactions results in an increased Seebeck coefficient and power factor. Specifically a realistic reduction in carrier-carrier interactions can increase the power factor by more than a factor 15, increasing ZT above 1 for organic thermoelectrics.

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