Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metal oxynitride material with a superior thermoelectric property
- Patent Title (中): 金属氮氧化物材料具有优越的热电性能
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Application No.: US11773104Application Date: 2007-07-03
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Publication No.: US07771626B2Publication Date: 2010-08-10
- Inventor: Masashi Mikami , Kimihiro Ozaki , Keizo Kobayashi
- Applicant: Masashi Mikami , Kimihiro Ozaki , Keizo Kobayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Current Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-183095 20060703
- Main IPC: H01B1/02
- IPC: H01B1/02 ; H01L35/14

Abstract:
The invention provides a novel n-type thermoelectric conversion material which comprises low-toxic and abundant elements, and has excellent heat-resistance, chemical durability and the like, as well as high thermoelectric conversion efficiency, the thermoelectric conversion material comprises a metal oxynitride thermoelectric conversion material which has a composition represented by formula Ti1-xAxOyNz (wherein A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of transition metals of the 4th and 5th periods of the periodic table, and 0≦x≦0.5, 0.5≦y≦2.0, 0.01≦z≦0.6), and has an absolute value of thermoelectric power of at least 30 μV/K at 500° C. or above, and a novel n-type thermoelectric conversion material, a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module comprising the above metal oxynitride can also be provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080121849A1 METAL OXYNITRIDE MATERIAL WITH A SUPERIOR THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTY Public/Granted day:2008-05-29
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