Organic/inorganic thermoelectric composites electrochemical synthesis, properties, and applications
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Organic/inorganic thermoelectric composites have played an important role in the development of new, green, and renewable energy sources with potential applications in efficient thermal management, flexible electronics, and bioelectronics. Electrochemical syntheses, including electropolymerization, electrochemical deposition, electrochemical doping, electrochemical post-processing, etc., require no addition of surfactants or oxidants, the products of which are easy to separate and purify, providing clean, efficient, and facile routes for the preparation of organic thermoelectric materials and their composites. In this review, the preparation, properties, and applications of organic/inorganic thermoelectric composites from electrochemical synthesis were reviewed in detail, offering a perspective on the recent advances in the field.
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