Fig. 1: Design principle and mechanism analysis on synergistic effect of the intermolecular interaction and the mesogen orientation in a LCE network for a high intrinsic thermopower. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Design principle and mechanism analysis on synergistic effect of the intermolecular interaction and the mesogen orientation in a LCE network for a high intrinsic thermopower.

From: An actuatable ionogel thermoelectric fiber with aligned mesogens-induced thermopower for four-dimensional dynamically adaptive heat harvesting

Fig. 1

a Design principle. b 1D intensity profiles of LCE fibers and films. Inset picture are 2D WAXD pattern of LCE films (down) and fibers (top). c Schematic of molecular chain inside LCE fibers and films. d–e Local graph of FTIR spectra for LCE fibers showing the stretching vibration band of S=O and bending vibration band of C-O-C. (f) Raman spectra for TFSI- in LCE fibers at wavenumber range from 800–600 cm−1. g–h MD snapshots of LCE i-TE fibers and films. i The binding energy between EMIM+/TFSI- and molecular chains in LCE i-TE fibers and films. j Diffusion coefficients (MSD) of EMIM+ and TFSI- in LCE i-TE fibers and films. Error bars denote mean ± standard deviation.

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