公开(公告)号：US09437796B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US13725156

申请日：2012-12-21

Applicant: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE

Inventor： Rama Venkatasubramanian ,  Bruce Allen Cook ,  Evgenii M. Levin ,  Joel Lee Harringa

IPC: H01L35/14 ,  H01L35/16 ,  C22C1/02 ,  C22C28/00 ,  H01F1/40

CPC classification number: H01L35/16 ,  C22C1/02 ,  C22C28/00 ,  H01F1/401

Abstract: A thermoelectric material and a thermoelectric converter using this material. The thermoelectric material has a first component including a semiconductor material and a second component including a rare earth material included in the first component to thereby increase a figure of merit of a composite of the semiconductor material and the rare earth material relative to a figure of merit of the semiconductor material. The thermoelectric converter has a p-type thermoelectric material and a n-type thermoelectric material. At least one of the p-type thermoelectric material and the n-type thermoelectric material includes a rare earth material in at least one of the p-type thermoelectric material or the n-type thermoelectric material.

Abstract translation: 使用这种材料的热电材料和热电转换器。 热电材料具有包括半导体材料的第一部件和包括在第一部件中的稀土材料的第二部件，从而相对于品质因数增加半导体材料和稀土材料的复合材料的品质因数 的半导体材料。 热电转换器具有p型热电材料和n型热电材料。 p型热电材料和n型热电材料中的至少一种在p型热电材料或n型热电材料中的至少一种中包括稀土材料。