Abstract:
A thermoelectric material includes powders having a surface coated with an inorganic material. The thermoelectric material includes a thermoelectric semiconductor powder and a coating layer on an outer surface of the thermoelectric semiconductor powders.
Abstract:
A bulk thermoelectric material having a structure in which migration of carriers is not inhibited but phonons are scattered is described. The bulk thermoelectric material includes: a bulk crystalline thermoelectric material matrix; and nanoparticles coated with a conductive material within the thermoelectric material matrix.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric material including a thermoelectric matrix; and nano-inclusions in the thermoelectric matrix, the nano-inclusions having an average particle diameter of about 10 nanometers to about 30 nanometers.