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公开(公告)号:US11581471B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US17282047
申请日:2019-10-02
Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
Inventor: Tsuyoshi Muto , Kunihisa Kato , Taku Nemoto , Wataru Morita , Yuta Seki
Abstract: A chip of thermoelectric conversion material may have a concave portion and may be capable of realizing high joining properties to an electrode. Such a chip of thermoelectric conversion material may have a concave on at least one surface of the chip of thermoelectric conversion material. The shape of such chips of may be rectangular parallelepiped, cubic, and/or columnar shape.
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公开(公告)号:US11581469B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US17271021
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
Inventor: Kunihisa Kato , Tsuyoshi Muto , Masaya Todaka , Yuma Katsuta
Abstract: A method for producing a chip of a thermoelectric conversion material formed of a thermoelectric semiconductor composition, including a step of forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate, (B) a step of forming a thermoelectric conversion material layer of a thermoelectric semiconductor composition on the sacrificial layer, (C) a step of annealing the thermoelectric conversion material layer, (D) a step of transferring the annealed thermoelectric conversion material layer to a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, (E) a step of individualizing the thermoelectric conversion material layer into individual chips of a thermoelectric conversion material, and (F) a step of peeling the individualized chips of a thermoelectric conversion material; and a method for producing a thermoelectric conversion module using the chip produced according to the production method.
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公开(公告)号:US11895919B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17271091
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
Inventor: Masaya Todaka , Kunihisa Kato , Tsuyoshi Muto , Yuma Katsuta
IPC: H10N10/00 , H10N10/817 , H10N10/852 , H10N10/01
CPC classification number: H10N10/01 , H10N10/817 , H10N10/852
Abstract: Provided are: a method for producing a chip of a thermoelectric conversion material that enables annealing treatment of a thermoelectric conversion material in the form not having a junction with an electrode, and enables annealing of a thermoelectric semiconductor material at an optimum annealing temperature; and a method for producing a thermoelectric conversion module using the chip (13). Also provided are: a method for producing a chip of a thermoelectric conversion material formed of a thermoelectric semiconductor composition, including (A) a step of forming a sacrificial layer (2) on a substrate (1), (B) a step of forming a chip of a thermoelectric conversion material on the sacrificial layer formed in the step (A), (C) a step of annealing the chip of a thermoelectric conversion material formed in the step (B), and (D) a step of peeling the chip of a thermoelectric conversion material annealed in the step (C); and a method for producing a thermoelectric conversion module using the chip produced according to the production method.
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公开(公告)号:US11974504B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-30
申请号:US17786269
申请日:2020-12-01
Applicant: LINTEC Corporation
Inventor: Yuta Seki , Kunihisa Kato , Tsuyoshi Muto
IPC: H10N10/857 , H10N10/01 , H10N10/17
CPC classification number: H10N10/857 , H10N10/01 , H10N10/17
Abstract: Provided are: a thermoelectric conversion body that has high electrical conductivity, achieving high thermoelectric conversion efficiency when used in a thermoelectric conversion module, and is less susceptible to warpage during manufacture; a method for manufacturing the same; and a thermoelectric conversion module using the same. A thermoelectric conversion body that is a fired product of a composition containing a thermoelectric semiconductor material and a heat resistant resin, wherein, with the heat resistant resin being subjected to temperature elevation and a weight of the heat resistant resin at 400° C. being defined as 100%, a temperature at which the heat resistant resin undergoes a further 5% reduction in weight is 480° C. or lower; a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion body; and a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion body.
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公开(公告)号:US11581470B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US17271057
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
Inventor: Wataru Morita , Kunihisa Kato , Tsuyoshi Muto , Yuma Katsuta
Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of producing a thermoelectric conversion device having a thermoelectric element layer with excellent shape controllability and capable of being highly integrated. The present invention relates to a method of producing a thermoelectric conversion device including a thermoelectric element layer formed of a thermoelectric semiconductor composition containing a thermoelectric semiconductor material on a substrate, the method including a step of providing a pattern frame having openings on a substrate; a step of filling the thermoelectric semiconductor composition in the openings; a step of drying the thermoelectric semiconductor composition filled in the openings, to form a thermoelectric element layer; and a step of releasing the pattern frame from the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US11424397B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US16493345
申请日:2018-03-13
Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
Inventor: Kunihisa Kato , Wataru Morita , Tsuyoshi Muto , Yuma Katsuta
Abstract: Provided are an electrode material for thermoelectric conversion modules capable of preventing cracking and peeling of electrodes that may occur at the bonding parts of a thermoelectric element and an electrode under high-temperature conditions to thereby maintain a low resistance at the bonding parts, and a thermoelectric conversion module using the material. The electrode material for thermoelectric conversion modules includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a thermoelectric element formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an electrode formed on at least one substrate of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the substrate is a plastic film, the thermoelectric element contains a bismuth-tellurium-based thermoelectric semiconductor material, a telluride-based thermoelectric semiconductor material, an antimony-tellurium-based thermoelectric semiconductor material, or a bismuth-selenide-based thermoelectric semiconductor material, the electrode that is in contact with the thermoelectric element is formed of a metal material, and the metal material is gold, nickel, aluminum, rhodium, platinum, chromium, palladium, stainless steel, molybdenum or an alloy containing any of these metals.
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