Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Vilius Mykhailovsky

Sang-mock Lee

Sung-woo Hwang

Kyu-hyoung Lee

Sang-il Kim

Roman Mochernyuk

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

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Chernovtsy, Ukraine

Vilius Mykhailovsky