Abstract:
Provided are a thermoelectric conversion element in which an electrode pair is formed on a substrate, an insulating layer is formed between the electrode pair, an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer containing an organic n-type thermoelectric conversion material is formed on one electrode, and a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer containing an organic p-type thermoelectric conversion material is formed on the other electrode, while the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer and the p-type thermoelectric conversion layer have a separation region in which the two members are arranged apart by the insulating layer and a contact region formed thereabove, in which the two members are joined to each other; and a thermoelectric conversion module using this thermoelectric conversion element.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric generation module having: a base material; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the base material; and a thermoelectric conversion layer that coats each of the electrodes individually leaving a portion of the electrode to which a wiring is to be connected, wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres to the base material around the electrode excluding the portion of the electrode to which the wiring is to be connected.
Abstract:
In a thermoelectric conversion element comprising a thermoelectric conversion layer formed by using a thermoelectric conversion material, the thermoelectric conversion material includes a polythiophene polymer, which includes a main chain made of a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1), and has a side chain R in a regiorandom array with respect to the main chain, a carbon nanotube, and a non-conjugated macromolecule. In Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
A method of producing a thermoelectric conversion element which has, on a substrate, a first electrode, a thermoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode, which method comprising a step of preparing a dispersion for the thermoelectric conversion layer containing a nano conductive material by subjecting at least the material and a dispersion medium to a high-speed rotating thin film dispersion method; and a step of applying the prepared dispersion on or above the substrate and then drying the dispersion; and a method of preparing a dispersion for a thermoelectric conversion layer, which method comprises dispersing a nano conductive material into the dispersion medium by subjecting at least the material and the medium to a high-speed rotating thin film dispersion method.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a thermoelectric conversion material including a carbon nanotube, a thermoelectric conversion element including the same, an article for thermoelectric power generation, and a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element. The thermoelectric conversion material comprising: a carbon nanotube; and a polythiophene polymer constituted of a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1), in Formula (1), each of R1 and R2 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.