Lately, thermoelectric materials have attracted attentions because they have the ability to generate electricity from a small amount of heat. Moreover, nano-composite materials based on conducting polymers are extensively applied due to their unique thermoelectric functions besides their flexibility, harmlessness, and abundance. In this regards, new nano-composite films based on Nitrogen doped Carbon nano-dots (NC) decorated Telluride (Te) nano-rods embedding into Poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene):Poly(styrenesulphonate) (PEDOT:PSS/^NC@Te) have been engineered for the thermoelectric applications. The impact of NC nano-dots on the anisotropic thermoelectric functions of the PEDOT:PSS/^NC@Te was briefly studied. The thermoelectric functions of PEDOT:PSS/^NC@Te nano-composite films are significantly improved by the decoration of NC nano-dots on the Te surfaces. 3 wt% NC nano-dots allow the through plane electrical conductivity (165.3 ± 5 S/cm) to increase by ~ 5 times when compared with PEDOT:PSS/Te (31.9 ± 4 S/cm) due to the creation of ^NC@Te conductive paths inside the films and the increase in the carrier mobility. At 3 wt% NC, the through plane Seebeck coefficient (95.3 ± 3 μV/K) decreases by ~ 1.5 times lower than PEDOT:PSS/Te (146.8 ± 2 μV/K), as well as, the through plane power factor increases to be 154.6 ± 3 μV/mK² due to the increase in both the carrier mobility and carrier concentration. Interestingly, under control through plane thermal conductivity behavior has been observed for PEDOT:PSS/^NC@Te nano-composite films due to the creation of a gaseous atmosphere of nitrogen which occupies the defects and voids in the nano-composite. PEDOT:PSS/^NC@Te nano-composite films exhibit a through plane figure of merit zT ~ 0.355 at a small amount of NC (3 wt%) at room temperature, which is considered one of the largest zT values as compared to their counterparts. Besides, the in plane thermoelectric functions have been briefly studied in order to introduce a full description for these thermoelectric materials.

近来，由于热电材料具有从少量热量中产生电能的能力，因此备受关注。而且，基于导电聚合物的纳米复合材料由于其独特的热电功能，除了它们的柔韧性，无害性和丰度外，得到了广泛的应用。在这方面，基于氮掺杂碳纳米点（NC）的新型纳米复合膜装饰了碲化物（Te）纳米棒，并嵌入了聚（3,4-乙烯-二氧噻吩）：聚（苯乙烯磺酸盐）（PEDOT：PSS / ^{NC @} Te）专为热电应用而设计。简要研究了NC纳米点对PEDOT：PSS / ^{NC @} Te各向异性热电功能的影响。PEDOT：PSS / ^{NC @}的热电功能通过在Te表面上装饰NC纳米点，可以显着改善Te纳米复合膜。3重量％的NC纳米点允许通过平面电导率（165.3±5 S / cm）的当与PEDOT相比，〜5倍，以增加：PSS /碲（31.9±4 S / cm）的由于创建的^{NC @}薄膜内部的导电路径和载流子迁移率的增加。在NC含量为3 wt％时，通板塞贝克系数（95.3±3μV/ K）比PEDOT：PSS / Te（146.8±2μV/ K）降低约1.5倍，并且通板功率因数增加由于载流子迁移率和载流子浓度都增加，因此为154.6±3μV/ mK ²。有趣的是，在通过平面导热性的控制下，对于PEDOT：PSS / ^{NC @}已观察到由于形成了氮的气态气氛，该纳米复合膜占据了纳米复合材料中的缺陷和空隙。PEDOT：PSS / ^{NC @} Te纳米复合薄膜在室温下少量NC（3 wt％）时具有贯穿平面的品质因数zT〜0.355，这是与同类产品相比最大的zT值之一。此外，已经对平面内热电功能进行了简要研究，以介绍这些热电材料的完整描述。