- Patent Title: Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element, thermoelectric conversion module, optical sensor, and method for manufacturing thermoelectric conversion material
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Application No.: US16973194Application Date: 2019-03-26
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Publication No.: US11758813B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Kotaro Hirose , Masahiro Adachi , Takashi Matsuura , Yoshiyuki Yamamoto , Tsunehiro Takeuchi
- Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. , TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.,TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.,TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka; JP Nagoya
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP 2018115276 2018.06.18
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/012835 2019.03.26
- International Announcement: WO2019/244428A 2019.12.26
- Date entered country: 2020-12-08
- Main IPC: H10N10/855
- IPC: H10N10/855 ; G01J1/02 ; H10N10/01 ; H10N10/857

Abstract:
A thermoelectric conversion material is composed of a compound semiconductor including a plurality of base material elements, and includes: an amorphous phase; and crystal phases having an average grain size of more than or equal to 5 nm, each of the crystal phases being in a form of a grain. The plurality of base material elements include a specific base material element that causes an increase of a band gap by increasing a concentration of the specific base material element. An atomic concentration of the specific base material element included in the crystal phases with respect to a whole of the plurality of base material elements included in the crystal phases is higher than an atomic concentration of the specific base material element included in the compound semiconductor with respect to a whole of the plurality of base material elements included in the compound semiconductor.
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