Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element, thermoelectric conversion module, and light sensor
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Application No.: US17620742Application Date: 2020-06-19
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Publication No.: US12029127B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Masahiro Adachi , 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: XSENSUS LLP
- Priority: JP 19124225 2019.07.03
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/024143 2020.06.19
- International Announcement: WO2021/002221A 2021.01.07
- Date entered country: 2021-12-20
- Main IPC: H10N10/855
- IPC: H10N10/855 ; G01J1/02 ; H10N10/17

Abstract:
A thermoelectric conversion material includes a base material that is a semiconductor having Si and Ge as constituent elements, a first additive element that is different from the constituent elements, has a vacant orbital in a d or f orbital located inside an outermost shell thereof, and forms a first additional level in a forbidden band of the base material, and oxygen. The oxygen content ratio is 6 at % or less.
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