Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yonsei University

University of California

Kyu-hyoung Lee

Sang-il Kim

Sang-mock Lee

Sung-woo Hwang

Kyung-han Ahn

Weon-ho Shin

Jong-Wook Roh

Un-yong Jeong

Dae-Jin Yang

Jung-young Cho

Sang-Il Kim

Eun-Sung Lee

Jong Wook Roh

Xiangshu Li

Ami Berkowitz

Sung-ho Jin

Hyun-sik Kim

Vilius Mykhailovsky

Un-Lyong Jeong

Roman Mochernyuk

Dae-jin Yang

A thermoelectric device including: a thermoelectric material layer comprising a thermoelectric material; a transition layer on the thermoelectric material; and a diffusion prevention layer on the transition layer, wherein the thermoelectric material comprises a compound of Formula 1:(AA')(BB&#x2032;)C&#x2003;&#x2003;Formula 1wherein A and A&#x2032; are different from each other, A is a Group 13 element, and A&#x2032; is at least one element of a Group 13 element, a Group 14 element, a rare-earth element, or a transition metal, B and B&#x2032; are different from each other, B is a Group 16 element, and B&#x2032; is at least one element of a Group 14 element, a Group 15 element, or a Group 16 element, C is at least one halogen atom, a complies with the inequality 0&#x2264;a&#x3c;1, b complies with the inequality 0&#x2264;b&#x3c;1, x complies with the inequality &#x2212;1&#x3c;x&#x3c;1, y complies with the inequality &#x2212;1&#x3c;y&#x3c;1, and z complies with 0&#x2264;z&#x3c;0.5.

Thermoelectric device, thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric device, thermoelectric apparatus including the thermoelectric module, and method of manufacturing the same

A composite thermoelectric material comprising a matrix comprising a thermoelectric semiconductor; and a nanoscale heterophase dispersed in the matrix, wherein the thermoelectric semiconductor comprises an element belonging to Group 15 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the heterophase comprises a transition metal element.

Composite thermoelectric material, thermoelectric element and module including the same, and preparation method thereof

A thermoelectric material including: a bismuth-tellurium (Bi&#x2014;Te)-based thermoelectric material matrix; and a nano-metal component distributed in the Bi&#x2014;Te-based thermoelectric material matrix, wherein a Lotgering degree of orientation in a c-axis direction is about 0.9 to about 1.

Thermoelectric material and method of preparing the same

A thermoelectric material including a thermoelectric matrix; and nano-inclusions in the thermoelectric matrix, the nano-inclusions having an average particle diameter of about 10 nanometers to about 30 nanometers.

Thermoelectric material including nano-inclusions, thermoelectric module and thermoelectric apparatus including the same

A method of preparing thermoelectric material particles, the method comprising: disposing a first electrode and a second electrode in a dielectric liquid medium, wherein the first and second electrodes each comprise a thermoelectric material; applying an electrical potential between the first and second electrodes to cause a spark between the first and second electrodes to provide a vaporized thermoelectric material at a sparking point of at least one of the first and second electrodes; and cooling the vaporized thermoelectric material with the dielectric liquid medium to prepare the thermoelectric material particles.

Thermoelectric material and method of preparing the thermoelectric material

A nanocomposite including: a thermoelectric material nanoplatelet; and a metal nanoparticle disposed on the thermoelectric material nanoplatelet.

Thermoelectric material with improved in figure of merit and method of producing same

A thermoelectric material including: a two dimensional nanostructure having a core and a shell on the core. Also, a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric apparatus including the thermoelectric material, and a method of preparing the thermoelectric material.

Thermoelectric material, thermoelectric element, and module including the same, and preparation method thereof

A thermoelectric material including a 3-dimensional nanostructure, wherein the 3-dimensional nanostructure includes a 2-dimensional nanostructure connected to a 1-dimensional nanostructure.

Thermoelectric material, thermoelectric element and module including the same, and method of preparing the thermoelectric material

A thermoelectric material including: a thermoelectric matrix; and a plurality of metal nanoparticles disposed in the thermoelectric matrix, wherein a difference between a work function of thermoelectric matrix and a work function of a metal particle of the metal nanoparticles is about &#x2212;1.0 electron volt to about 1.0 electron volt.

Nano-complex thermoelectric material, and thermoelectric module and thermoelectric apparatus including the same

A thermoelectric material including: a thermoelectric matrix including grains with a composition of Formula 1:(BiSb)(TeSe)&#x2003;&#x2003;Formula 1wherein 1.8&#x2266;a&#x2266;2.2, 2.8&#x2266;b&#x2266;3.2, 0&#x2266;x&#x2266;1, and 0&#x2266;y&#x2266;1, and wherein a plurality of dislocations is present along a grain boundary between adjacent grains of the composition of Formula 1.

Thermoelectric material having reduced thermal conductivity, and thermoelectric device and module including the same

A thermoelectric material including a thermoelectric semiconductor; and a nanosheet disposed in the thermoelectric semiconductor, the nanosheet having a layered structure and a thickness from about 0.1 to about 10 nanometers. Also a thermoelectric element and thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric material.

Thermoelectric nanocomposite, thermoelectric element, and thermoelectric module

A thermoelectric material includes powders having a surface coated with an inorganic material. The thermoelectric material includes a thermoelectric semiconductor powder and a coating layer on an outer surface of the thermoelectric semiconductor powders.

Thermoelectric material including coating layers, method of preparing the thermoelectric material, and thermoelectric device including the thermoelectric material

A thermoelectric material including a composition according to Chemical Formula 1:(BiSbM)(TeSe)&#x2003;&#x2003;Chemical Formula 1wherein M is an element of Group 13, 0&#x2266;a&#x2266;1, 0&#x3c;b&#x2266;0.004, 0&#x2266;x&#x2266;b, 0&#x2266;y&#x2266;b, x+y=b, 0&#x2266;c&#x2266;1, &#x2212;0.2&#x2266;i&#x2266;0.2, and &#x2212;0.2&#x2266;j&#x2266;0.2.

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