Method of producing thermoelectric material

    公开(公告)号:US09755128B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-05

    申请号:US14317375

    申请日:2014-06-27

    摘要: A process for manufacturing a nanocomposite thermoelectric material having a plurality of nanoparticle inclusions. The process includes determining a material composition to be investigated for the nanocomposite thermoelectric material, the material composition including a conductive bulk material and a nanoparticle material. In addition, a range of surface roughness values for the insulating nanoparticle material that can be obtained using current state of the art manufacturing techniques is determined. Thereafter, a plurality of Seebeck coefficients, electrical resistivity values, thermal conductivity values and figure of merit values as a function of the range of nanoparticle material surface roughness values is calculated. Based on these calculated values, a nanocomposite thermoelectric material composition or ranges of compositions is/are selected and manufactured.

    THERMOELECTRIC POLYMER COMPOSITE, METHOD OF MAKING AND USE OF SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20170141283A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-18

    申请号:US15420372

    申请日:2017-01-31

    IPC分类号: H01L35/26 H01L35/24 H01L35/34

    CPC分类号: H01L35/26 H01L35/24 H01L35/34

    摘要: A thermoelectric composite includes a plurality of particles comprising a crosslinked polymer having a heat deflection temperature greater than or equal to 200° F. and a segregated network comprising a first filler material which is disposed between the particles to produce a thermoelectric response in response to application of a voltage difference or temperature difference across the thermoelectric composite. The first filler material includes a carbon material, a metal, a metal disposed on a carbon material, or a combination thereof. A process for preparing a thermoelectric article includes combining a first filler material and a plurality of particles comprising a polymer to form a composition and molding the composition to form a thermoelectric article, wherein the thermoelectric article is configured to produce a thermoelectric response in response to application of a voltage difference or temperature difference across the article.

    THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC MODULE, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL
    28.
    发明申请
    THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC MODULE, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL 审中-公开
    热电材料,热电模块,光学传感器和制造热电材料的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160300994A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-13

    申请号:US15037064

    申请日:2014-11-17

    IPC分类号: H01L35/26 H01L35/34 H01L35/22

    CPC分类号: H01L35/26 H01L35/22 H01L35/34

    摘要: A thermoelectric material includes a plurality of first semiconductor members having first band gap energy and a second semiconductor member having second band gap energy higher than the first band gap energy. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member are alternately arranged in a direction of carrier transport. The first semiconductor member has a width in the direction of carrier transport not greater than 5 nm and a distance between two adjacent first semiconductor members in the direction of carrier transport is not greater than 3 nm.

    摘要翻译: 热电材料包括具有第一带隙能量的多个第一半导体部件和具有高于第一带隙能量的第二带隙能量的第二半导体部件。 第一半导体部件和第二半导体部件沿载体传输方向交替排列。 第一半导体部件在载流子传输方向上的宽度不大于5nm,并且两个相邻的第一半导体部件在载流子传输方向上的距离不大于3nm。

    Nanostructured silicide composites for thermoelectric applications
    29.
    发明授权
    Nanostructured silicide composites for thermoelectric applications 有权
    用于热电应用的纳米结构化硅化物复合材料

    公开(公告)号:US09231180B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-05

    申请号:US14050184

    申请日:2013-10-09

    摘要: The present invention provides a method of preparing a nanocomposite thermoelectric material. The method includes heating a reaction mixture of a semiconductor material and a metal complex to a temperature greater than the decomposition temperature of the metal complex. The heating forms metallic inclusions having a size less than about 100 nm that are substantially evenly distributed throughout the semiconductor material forming the nanocomposite thermoelectric material. The present invention also provides a nanocomposite thermoelectric material prepared by this method.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种制备纳米复合热电材料的方法。 该方法包括将半导体材料和金属络合物的反应混合物加热至大于金属络合物的分解温度的温度。 加热形成尺寸小于约100nm的金属夹杂物,其基本均匀地分布在形成纳米复合热电材料的整个半导体材料中。 本发明还提供了一种通过该方法制备的纳米复合热电材料。

    THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE
    30.
    发明申请
    THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE 审中-公开
    热电转换元件和热电转换模块

    公开(公告)号:US20150357543A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-10

    申请号:US14761414

    申请日:2013-01-31

    申请人: HITACHI, LTD.

    IPC分类号: H01L35/26 H01L35/32

    摘要: In order to provide a thermoelectric conversion element which has a high Seebeck coefficient, a low thermal conductivity, and a high performance, even if the material system that has a low environmental load and can reduce the cost is used, the thermoelectric conversion element in which lattice points are classified into two or more kinds (A site and B site), lattices of which the kinds are different are connected to each other, the numbers of lattices of which the kinds are different are different (A site: 2, and B site: 1), and a lattice structure is configured by arranging nanoparticles or semiconductor quantum dots, includes areas of which conductivity types are different.

    摘要翻译: 为了提供具有高塞贝克系数,低导热性和高性能的热电转换元件,即使使用具有低环境负荷并且可以降低成本的材料系统,也可以使用热电转换元件,其中 格点分为两种或更多种(A位点和B位点),各种不同的晶格彼此连接,各种不同的晶格数不同(A位点:2和B 位置:1),并且格子结构通过布置纳米颗粒或半导体量子点来构成,包括导电类型不同的区域。