POLYMERS Vol.63 No.11
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COVER STORY
Smart Progress on Science and Technology of Carbon-Based Thermoelectric Materials
Thermoelectricity, in which temperature difference directly generates electricity, has been a traditional subject of solid-state physics. Over the past decade, nano-structured inorganic substances with low-dimensional electronic states have been extensively studied for future thermoelectric energy conversion technology. Recently, carbon-based thermoelectric materials such as conducting polymers and nano-carbon materials, which can be classified as typical low-dimensional thermoelectric materials, have been progressing rapidly. After systematic study of the stretching, doping and compound technologies of conducting polymers, their thermoelectric energy conversion efficiency, characterized with the specific material parameter of ZT, has been much improved. In the last few years, a number of new concepts for efficient and flexible thermoelectric materials have been proposed, boosting carbon-based substances to the most prominent candidates for near future thermoelectric materials working below 100℃. In this special issue, the broad leaders in the polymer chemistry may touch on the cutting-edge of research for future renewable energy resources.
Editors: KAWAI, NOZUE, and FUKUSHIMA
Digest for English Readers
770

Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ
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Commentary
Overview of Thermoelectric Materials Exploitation Kunihito KOUMOTO
775

Tutorial
Fundamental Concepts and Perspective View for Thermoelectric Polymer Yoshiyuki NONOGUCHI, Tsuyoshi KAWAI
776

COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Toward Computational Simulation Aided Screening for High Performance Thermoelectric Material Search Yoshihiro ASAI
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Recent Progress of Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectric Materials Naoki TOSHIMA
782
Development of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials Hiromichi OHTA
785

PolyMANGA
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COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Separation of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Towards High Efficiency Thermoelectric Devices Hiromichi KATAURA
789
Flexible Porous Bismuth Telluride Thin Films with Enhanced Figure of Merit Using Micro-Phase Separation of a Block Copolymer Koji MIYAZAKI
791
Flexible Organic Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting Toshiaki AOAI
793
Independent Control of Carrier and Heat Flow in Carbon Nanotube Thermoelectric Composites Using Bio-Nano Junctions Masakazu NAKAMURA
795

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
Aspiring to Do Excellent Research for People and Society Yuri KAJIHARA
797

Messages: “Work and Life”
Nobody Knows the Right Answer - There is No Right Answer Shusaku NAGANO
798

Front-Line Polymer Science
Molecular Simulations of Polymer Crystallization Takashi YAMAMOTO
799

From My Bookshelf Sadahito AOSHIMA / Keiji TANAKA
803

Reports from Local Divisions
Report from the 60th Polymer Research Symposium (Kobe) Yasuaki KOSEKI
804

Messages from SPSJ
806
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