Table 1. Thermoelectric properties (Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, power factor, and ZT) and stretchability of TE materials. All thermoelectric properties are measured under the experimental conditions that exhibited the highest ZT value at room temperature (300 K)

Ref. Material& strategy Thermoelectric properties Stretchability
Seebeck coefficient (µV/K) Electrical conductivity (S/cm) Thermal conductivity (W/m·K) Power factor (µW/cm·K2) ZT (@300 k) Maximum strain (%) Electrical conductivity changeΔR/R0 @ strain (%) Stretching method
[25] PEDOT:PSS+EMIM:TCM+WPU ~22 140±5 - 0.0678 - 500±130 - Uniaxial stretching
[26] CNT+WPU+PVA 44 9.2 - 0.0178 - 27 - Uniaxial stretching
[27] PEDOT:PSS+PEG 19.95 882 - 0.351 - 55 ~6.6 @ 55% Uniaxial stretching
[28] PEDOT:PSS+EMIM:DCI 25 538 - 0.336 - 70 ~4.2 @ 77% Uniaxial stretching
[29] PEDOT:PSS+DMSO+Triton X-100 13.4 137 - 0.025 - 35 ~1.05 @ 35% Uniaxial stretching
[30] PEDOT:PSS+SDBS 20.37 623.68 0.16 0.2587 0.05 32 - Uniaxial stretching
[31]* PANI+PAAMPSA+PA 8,100±800 (ionic seebeck) 2.37±0.07 (ionic conductivity) 0.451±0.027 16±5 1.04 (ionic ZT) 750 - Uniaxial stretching
[32]* WPU+EMIM:DCA 34,500(ionic seebeck) 0.0084(ionic conductivity) 0.23 ~10 1.3±0.2(ionic ZT) 156 - Uniaxial stretching
[33]* AA+HFBA+MBA+ EMIM:DCA 28,430(ionic seebeck) 0.0353(ionic conductivity) ~0.12 28.5 6.9(ionic ZT) 250 - Uniaxial stretching
[34] Ag2S - - - - - 14.9 - Uniaxial stretching
[35] (AgCu)0.998Se0.22S0.08Te0.7 247 84 0.35 5.12 0.45 3417 -- Compressing3-point bending test
[36] Ag2Se+Te 3.2at.% −146 990 0.6 21.1 1.27 - 2.5 Cyclic bending test(1,000회, r=6.3 mm)
[37] Bi2Te3 −126.6 - - - - 14.5 2.34.4 Cyclic bending test(1,000회, r=2.04 mm)Cyclic strain test(1,000회, strain=5%)
[38] WS2 + CNT(2wt.%) −68 100 - 0.47 - - 12 @ 40%4 @ 40% Uniaxial stretching(사전 변형 없이)Uniaxial stretching(사전 변형 30%)
TE properties are measured based on ionic TE materials.