Conducting polymer-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From mechanisms to applications

Conducting polymers have drawn considerable attention in the field of wearable and implantable thermoelectric devices due to their unique advantages, including availability, flexibility, lightweight, and non-toxicity. To date, researchers have made dramatic breakthroughs in achieving high-performance thermoelectrics; however, the figure of merit ZT of conducting polymers is still far below that of the high-performance thermoelectric Bi2Te3-based...