[19p-PA9-1~7] 22 Joint Session M (Poster)

▲ [19p-PA9-6] Controlling Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes by Side-Wall Functionalization to Improve the Figure of Merit

〇(BC)Angana Borah¹, Tsuyohiko Fujigaya^1,2,3,4 (1.Kyushu Univ., 2.WPI-I2CNER, 3.IMS, 4.JST-PRESTO)

Keywords:carbon nanotubes, thermoelectrics, thermal conductivity

SWNT sheets were functionalized with 3,5-di-tert-butylbenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate at various concentrations to induce defects in the SWNT structure. The induced defects lower thermal conductivity which is expected to increase the ZT value.