Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rare earth-doped materials with enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit
- Patent Title (中): 稀土掺杂材料具有增强的热电性能
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Application No.: US13725156Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US09437796B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Rama Venkatasubramanian , Bruce Allen Cook , Evgenii M. Levin , Joel Lee Harringa
- Applicant: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
- Applicant Address: US NC Research Triangle Park US DC Washington
- Assignee: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE,U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
- Current Assignee: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE,U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Research Triangle Park US DC Washington
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H01L35/14
- IPC: H01L35/14 ; H01L35/16 ; C22C1/02 ; C22C28/00 ; H01F1/40
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material and a thermoelectric converter using this material. The thermoelectric material has a first component including a semiconductor material and a second component including a rare earth material included in the first component to thereby increase a figure of merit of a composite of the semiconductor material and the rare earth material relative to a figure of merit of the semiconductor material. The thermoelectric converter has a p-type thermoelectric material and a n-type thermoelectric material. At least one of the p-type thermoelectric material and the n-type thermoelectric material includes a rare earth material in at least one of the p-type thermoelectric material or the n-type thermoelectric material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130186449A1 RARE EARTH-DOPED MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
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