摘要:
The present invention provides thermoelectric conversion devices and production methods thereof. The thermoelectric conversion device includes: a thermoelectric conversion device main body having a ridge portion and/or a vertex portion at which a ridge and/or a vertex have/has been subjected to a chamfering process; and a film covering a surface of the thermoelectric conversion device main body, including the ridge portion and/or the vertex portion thereof.
摘要:
A thermoelectric conversion module is provided. The thermoelectric conversion module includes a plurality of thermoelectric devices and an electrode for electrically connecting the thermoelectric devices in series, wherein the electrode has a hole section opened to the outside of the electrode and metal which is in liquid state within the used temperature range is stored in the hole section.
摘要:
A thin-film semiconductor epitaxial substrate comprising a substrate and a sub-collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer and an emitter layer(s) which are formed as thin-film semiconductor epitaxial layers on said substrate, wherein boron (B) added is present in at least a part of a layer portion comprising said sub-collector layer and said collector layer.
摘要:
(Problem) To make a thermoelectric conversion module block with a plurality of connected thermoelectric conversion modules easy to handle and easy to connect the thermoelectric conversion modules to one another, operate stably for long periods of time.(Solution to problem) A thermoelectric conversion module is provided with a substrate 2, and a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements 3, 4 electrically connected in series to one another on the substrate 2. A bottom face 2u of one end portion 2A of the substrate 2 is higher than a bottom face 2u of an other end portion 2B of the substrate 2 and a top face 2t of the one end portion 2A of the substrate 2 is higher than a top face 2t of the other end portion 2B of the substrate 2; through holes 12, 13 are formed in each of the one end portion 2A and the other end portion 2B of the substrate 2; in the one end portion 2A of the substrate 2, one end portion electrode layer 8a electrically connected to one end E1 of the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements 3, 4 is provided ranging from the top face 2t through an interior surface of the through hole 12 to a surrounding region around the through hole 12 in the bottom face 2u; in the other end portion 2B of the substrate 2 an other end portion electrode layer 8b electrically connected to the other end E2 of the plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements 3, 4 is provided on a surrounding region around the through hole 13 in the top face 2t.
摘要:
A monolithic light-emitting device and driving method therefore includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, array-arranged monolithically on a single substrate. The light-emitting diodes include a pn junction-containing semiconductor material and a phosphor-containing layer passing light emitted from the semiconductor material, absorbing part, or whole of the light for conversion into light having a different wavelength. The array is constituted of a light-emitting diode group consisting of m (m≧2) pieces of the light-emitting diode, the light emitting diode group being constituted of N types (N≧2, providing N≦m) of light-emitting diodes, each having either one of preset N types of light-emitting spectrum patterns. An average light-emitting spectrum from the whole array can be changed by regulating a power supplied to the light-emitting diodes for each light-emitting diode group sorted according to the type of the light-emitting spectrum pattern.
摘要:
A thermoelectric conversion module includes a substrate and a plurality of thermoelectric conversion devices arranged on the surface of the substrate. The substrate is provided with a through hole formed to extend through the surface and the back thereof, and the thermoelectric conversion devices are arranged on at least one of the surface and the back of the substrate so as to enclose the through hole. The thermoelectric conversion device includes the thermoelectric conversion module, and a tube arranged to extend through the through hole of the thermoelectric conversion module and to allow a hot medium or a cold medium to flow therethrough. A method for manufacturing a thermoelectric conversion module includes a step of arranging a plurality of thermoelectric conversion devices on at least one of the surface and the back of a substrate having a through hole extending through the surface and the back thereof so as to enclose the through hole.
摘要:
A process for manufacturing thermoelectric conversion modules according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a thermoelectric green base material, the thermoelectric green base material including a green frame member including an insulating ceramic powder and a binder and having a plurality of holes that are formed so as to extend parallel to each other in a predetermined direction; and a thermoelectric element raw material placed in the holes and including a raw material powder of a thermoelectric material; and stretching the thermoelectric green base material in the predetermined direction in which the holes extend.
摘要:
There is provided a method for manufacturing a thermoelectric conversion module that can yield a thermoelectric conversion module with a high insulating property and high density without requiring positioning of the thermoelectric conversion elements, as well as a thermoelectric conversion module manufactured by the method. The method for manufacturing a thermoelectric conversion module 1 comprises a covering step of covering, with an insulating film 15, at least faces of the surface of a p-type thermoelectric conversion element 3 other than faces 3a, 3b that are to face electrodes, and/or at least faces of the surface of an n-type thermoelectric conversion element 4 other than faces 4a, 4b that are to face electrodes, and a stacking step of stacking the faces 3a, 3b of the surface of the p-type thermoelectric conversion element 3 other than the faces that are to face the electrodes, and the faces 4a, 4b of the surface of the n-type thermoelectric conversion element other than the faces that are to face the electrodes via the insulating film 15.
摘要:
A thermoelectric conversion module is provided with a p-type thermoelectric conversion element and an n-type thermoelectric conversion element; a support frame having a through hole with the p-type thermoelectric conversion element therein and a through hole with the n-type thermoelectric conversion element therein; and an electrode electrically connecting the p-type thermoelectric conversion element with the n-type thermoelectric conversion element; at least one element of the p-type thermoelectric conversion element and the n-type thermoelectric conversion element has a shape having a vertex and/or an edge; the at least one element has been secured to the support frame by an adhesive adhering to a region of the surface of the at least one element except for the vertex and the edge and to the support frame.
摘要:
Provided is a thermoelectric conversion module. This thermoelectric conversion module comprises a pair of substrates facing each other, a plurality of p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and a plurality of n-type thermoelectric conversion elements arranged between the paired substrates, a plurality of electrodes mounted individually on the paired substrates, connecting individual paired end faces of the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements electrically with each other, and connecting the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements electrically in series alternately, and a plurality of bonding members for bonding the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements individually with the electrodes. The thermal expansion coefficients of the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements are different from each other and the heights of the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements are different from each other.