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8173097 Thermoelectric conversion material and its manufacturing method, and thermoelectric conversion device using the same  
Disclosed is a new thermoelectric conversion material represented by the chemical formula 1: Bi1-xCu1-yO1-zTe, where 0≦x<1, 0≦y<1, 0≦z<1 and x+y+z>0. A thermoelectric conversion device using said ...
8097802 Thermoelectric material including a multiple transition metal-doped type I clathrate crystal structure  
A thermoelectric material includes a multiple transition metal-doped type I clathrate crystal structure having the formula A8TMy11TMy22 . . . TMynnMzX46-y1-y2- . . . -yn-z. In the formula, A is...
8088989 Thermoelectric conversion material and thermoelectric conversion element  
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion material composed of an oxide material represented by chemical formula A0.8-1.2Ta2O6-y, where A is calcium (Ca) alone or calcium (Ca) and...
8067686 Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric element  
Disclosed is a thermoelectric material which is represented by the following composition formula (1) or (2) and comprises as a major phase an MgAgAs type crystal structure:...
8052324 Thin film ceramic thermocouples  
A thin film ceramic thermocouple (10) having two ceramic thermocouple (12, 14) that are in contact with each other in at least on point to form a junction, and wherein each element was prepared in...
8044294 Thermoelectric materials and devices  
New thermoelectric materials comprise highly [111]-oriented twinned group IV alloys on the basal plane of trigonal substrates, which exhibit a high thermoelectric figure of merit and good material...
8044292 Homogeneous thermoelectric nanocomposite using core-shell nanoparticles  
A thermoelectric material comprises core-shell particles having a core formed from a core material and a shell formed from a shell material. In representative examples, the shell material is a...
8039728 Glass-ceramic thermoelectric module  
The invention is directed to a thermoelectric module that utilizes a glass-ceramic material in place of the alumina and aluminum nitride that are commonly used in such modules. The glass-ceramic...
7994416 Semi-compensated pins for cold junction compensation  
A set of electrical connector pins for a thermocouple includes two materially similar conductor pairs, each conductor pair having conductors composed of a different material, and carried by an...
7993057 Redundant temperature sensor for semiconductor processing chambers  
Systems are provided for measuring temperature in a semiconductor processing chamber. Embodiments provide a multi-junction thermocouple comprising a first junction and a second junction positioned...
7959833 Thermoelectric conversion material, method for producing the same and thermoelectric conversion device  
A thermoelectric conversion material contains a metal oxide comprising M1, M2 and oxygen, wherein M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba and may contain an element...
7952015 Pb-Te-compounds doped with tin-antimony-tellurides for thermoelectric generators or peltier arrangements  
The invention relates to a thermoelectrically active p- or n-conductive semiconductor material constituted by a compound of the general formula (I) (PbTe)1−x(Sn2±ySb2±zTe5)x (I) with 0.0...
7939744 Thermoelectric element  
A thermoelectric element formed of a sintered body of a semiconductor comprising at least two kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of Bi, Te, Se and Sb, and having a micro-Vickers'...
7851692 Thermoelectric material, thermoelectric conversion module and thermoelectric power generating device using the same  
A thermoelectric material has a composition expressed by (TipHfqZr1-p-q)xCoy(Sb1-rSnr)100-x-y (0.1
7847179 Thermoelectric compositions and process  
A process for producing bulk thermoelectric compositions containing nanoscale inclusions is described. The thermoelectric compositions have a higher figure of merit (ZT) than without the...
7834264 Methods of fabricating nanostructures and nanowires and devices fabricated therefrom  
One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline hom...
7807917 Thermoelectric and pyroelectric energy conversion devices  
New thermoelectric materials and devices are disclosed for application to high efficiency thermoelectric power generation. New functional materials based on oxides, rare-earth-oxides,...
7745720 Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric device  
A thermoelectric material includes a composition represented by the following formula (A): (Tia1Zrb1Hfc1)xNiySn100-x-y (A) where 0
7732704 Conductive paste for connecting thermoelectric conversion material  
The present invention provides an electrically conductive paste for connecting thermoelectric materials, the paste comprising a specific powdery oxide and at least one powdery electrically...
7728218 High efficiency thermoelectric power generation using Zintl-type materials  
The invention disclosed herein relates to thermoelectrically-active p-type Zintl phase materials as well as devices utilizing such compounds. Such thermoelectric materials and devices may be used...
7663054 Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric module using the thermoelectric material  
Disclosed is a thermoelectric material comprising a main phase which is represented by the following composition formula and having an MgAgAs-type crystalline structure: (Ta1Zrb1Hfc1)xCoySb100-x-y...
7649139 Thermoelectric conversion element and thermoelectric conversion module  
The present invention provides a thermoelectric element in which a thin film of p-type thermoelectric material and a thin film of n-type thermoelectric material, which are formed on an electrically...
7648552 Filled skutterudites for advanced thermoelectric applications  
A low-cost filled skutterudite for advanced thermoelectric applications is disclosed. The filled skutterudite uses the relatively low-cost mischmetal, either alone or in addition to rare earth...
7629531 Low power thermoelectric generator  
A thermoelectric generator has a top plate disposed in spaced relation above a bottom plate. A series of foil segments are electrically and mechanically connected end-to-end to generate a foil...
7618562 Thermoelectric material  
A p-type oxide thermoelectric material which has a high output factor and a low environmental load. The thermoelectric material is composed of an oxide represented by the compositional formula...
7586125 Light emitting diode package structure and fabricating method thereof  
A light emitting diode (LED) package structure including a first substrate, an LED chip, a second substrate, and a thermoelectric cooling device is provided. The first substrate has a first surface...
7586033 Metal-doped semiconductor nanoparticles and methods of synthesis thereof  
The present invention generally relates to binary or higher order semiconductor nanoparticles doped with a metallic element, and thermoelectric compositions incorporating such nanoparticles. In one...
7572532 Oxide material and a fuel cell electrode containing said material  
The invention relates to an oxide material of general formula (I) A2−x−yA′XA″yM1−z M′Z04+δ, wherein A and A′ are independently a metal cation of a group formed by lanthanides and/or alkalis and/or...
7521629 Thermoelectric transportation material containing nitrogen  
A nitrogen-containing thermoelectric material, which has an element composition represented by: AlzGayInxMuRvOsNt (A) or AlzGayInxMuRvDwNm (B) (wherein M represents a transition element; R...
7465871 Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit  
The present invention is generally directed to nanocomposite thermoelectric materials that exhibit enhanced thermoelectric properties. The nanocomposite materials include two or more components,...
7462217 Method of preparation for the high performance thermoelectric material indium-cobalt-antimony  
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of thermoelectric compositions of the formula InxCO4Sb12 (0
7449628 Electric power generation method using thermoelectric power generation element, thermoelectric power generation element and method of producing the same, and thermoelectric power generation device  
The present invention provides an electric power generation method using a thermoelectric power generation element, a thermoelectric power generation element, and a thermoelectric power generation...
7446256 Thermoelectric conversion device, and cooling method and power generation method using the same  
A thermoelectric conversion device of the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layered oxide arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The...
7417186 Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element using the same, and electronic apparatus and cooling device comprising the element  
To provide a thermoelectric conversion material having semiconductor-like temperature dependence, that is, the property that electric resistivity decreases with increasing temperature, and having...
7371960 Figure of merit in Ytterbium-Aluminum-Manganese intermetallic thermoelectric and method of preparation  
This invention provides novel thermoelectric compounds comprising: a) atomic percent Ytterbiumb) between 50 and 74.999 atomic percent Aluminumc) between 0.001 and 25 atomic percent Manganese and a...
7351906 Method of manufacturing crystalline film, method of manufacturing crystalline-film-layered substrate, method of manufacturing thermoelectric conversion element, and thermoelectric conversion element  
It is often the case that a substrate suitable for epitaxial growth does not match a substrate desirable for the use in functional elements such as thermoelectric conversion elements or the like....
7342170 Thermoelectric module with Si/SiC and B4 C/B9 C super-lattice legs  
A super-lattice thermoelectric device. The device is comprised of p-legs and n-legs, each leg being comprised of a large number of very thin alternating layers of two materials with differing...
7342169 Phonon-blocking, electron-transmitting low-dimensional structures  
A thermoelectric structure and device including at least first and second material systems having different lattice constants and interposed in contact with each other, and a physical interface at...
7317296 Electric motor  
The electric motor is equipped with an electronic control, for example in the form of a frequency converter (2) and comprises at least one Seebeck element (6) whose one side is connected to the...
7312392 Thermoelectric conversion device, and cooling method and power generating method using the device  
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion device having high thermoelectric conversion performance. In this device, electrodes are arranged so that electric current flows in an...
7309830 Nanostructured bulk thermoelectric material  
A thermoelectric material comprises two or more components, at least one of which is a thermoelectric material. The first component is nanostructured, for example as an electrically conducting...
7291781 Complex oxide having n-type thermoelectric characteristics  
The present invention provides a complex oxide having a composition represented by the formula La1−xMxNiO2.7−3.3 or (La1−xMx)2NiO3.6−4.4 (wherein M is at least one element selected from the group c...
7259320 Thermoelectric conversion materials  
The main object of the present invention is to provide thermoelectric conversion materials having a high thermoelectric conversion performance and excellent mass productivity. The thermoelectric...
7244887 Electrical cells, components and methods  
Preferred electrode devices (10) including a substrate (11) and cathode (13) and anode material (12) coated thereon in discreet locations are described. The cathode materials desirably include...
7178332 Exhaust heat recovery system  
In an exhaust heat recovery system, electric power generation efficiency of a thermoelectric conversion element can be improved, and warming-up of a catalyst can be completed early, without using a...
7166796 Method for producing a device for direct thermoelectric energy conversion  
In devices used for the direct conversion of heat into electricity, or vice versa, known in the art as thermoelectric power generators, thermoelectric refrigerators and thermoelectric heat pumps,...
7109408 Solid state energy converter  
A solid-state energy converter with a semiconductor or semiconductor-metal implementation is provided for conversion of thermal energy to electric energy, or electric energy to refrigeration. In...
7098393 Thermoelectric device with multiple, nanometer scale, elements  
A thermoelectric device formed of nanowires on the nm scale. The nanowires are preferably of a size that causes quantum confinement effects within the wires. The wires are connected together into a...
7084342 Semi-compensated pins for cold junction compensation  
An apparatus and system is presented for partially compensating the cold junction of a thermocouple system using low cost semi-compensated conductors of system components accommodating various...
7029173 Thermoelectric component  
A thermoelectric component includes a first and a second element which, in the vicinity of a contact point, are in contact with each other, e.g., in the form of a thermal contact. Furthermore, in...
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