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On this basis, a thermoelectric generator (TEG) consisting of five legs was printed, which could be produced to generate an open circuit voltage of 6.4 mV and a maximum output power of 40.48 nW at a temperature gradient of 50 K, confirming its great potential for application in high-performance flexible organic\/inorganic thermoelectric materials.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym15183781","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,17]],"date-time":"2023-09-17T23:25:26Z","timestamp":1694993126000},"page":"3781","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Thermoelectric Properties of One-Pot Hydrothermally Synthesized Solution-Processable PEDOT:PSS\/MWCNT Composite Materials"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Haibin","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9331-5313","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shisheng","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shanxiang","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rubai","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 038507, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingbo","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 038507, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bin","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenan","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yizhi","family":"Bao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Junjie","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuemei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Printing, Packaging Engineering and Digital Media Technology, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1800882","DOI":"10.1002\/aelm.201800882","article-title":"High-performance organic thermoelectric Materials: Theoretical insights and computational design","volume":"5","author":"Shi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Adv. 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