High-Performance n-Type Carbon Nanotubes Doped by Oxidation of Neighboring Sb2Te3 for a Flexible Thermoelectric Generator.Flexible thermoelectric devices can be potentially used for flexible cooling and energy harvesting from various heat sources such as the human body.  However, the development of flexible thermoelectric materials with excellent thermoelectric performance is still very challenging.  In this study, a simple solution process is proposed for the preparation of flexible inorganic/carbon nanotube hybrid films with record power factors among those of the reported flexible n-type thermoelectric materials.  Using the thermoelectric hybrid film, a multilayer stacked thermoelectric generator is fabricated.  The flexible device with a thermal contact area of 3.8 cm2 exhibits an output power of up to 11.3 μW at a vertical ΔT of 7.5 K. This study paves the way for the realization of flexible thermoelectric devices with various device geometries.
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