Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nanocomposite thermoelectric conversion material and method of producing the same
- Patent Title (中): 纳米复合热电转换材料及其制造方法
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Application No.: US13503743Application Date: 2010-10-20
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Publication No.: US08721912B2Publication Date: 2014-05-13
- Inventor: Junya Murai , Takuji Kita
- Applicant: Junya Murai , Takuji Kita
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-245569 20091026
- International Application: PCT/IB2010/002676 WO 20101020
- International Announcement: WO2011/051771 WO 20110505
- Main IPC: H01L33/26
- IPC: H01L33/26 ; H01L33/16

Abstract:
A nanocomposite thermoelectric conversion material (100) includes a crystalline matrix (102) made of a thermoelectric conversion material; and phonon-scattering particles (108) dispersed in the crystalline matrix (102). Each phonon-scattering particle (108) includes at least one amorphous nanoparticle (106) coated with a crystalline film (104) having a nano-order thickness, and the crystalline structure of the crystalline film (104) is different from the crystalline structure of the thermoelectric conversion material. The nanocomposite thermoelectric conversion material (100) is produced by i) precipitating a matrix-precursor oversaturated with one element of the thermoelectric conversion material, around the amorphous nanoparticles, thereby producing nanocomposite particles, and heat-treating the nanocomposite particles, or ii) by precipitating only one element of the thermoelectric conversion material around the amorphous nanoparticles, thereby producing first nanocomposite particles, and then, precipitating the matrix-precursor made of the thermoelectric conversion material, around the first nanocomposite particles, thereby producing second nano composite particles, and heat-treating the second nanocomposite particles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120217447A1 NANOCOMPOSITE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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