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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Ken Kurosaki, Osaka, JP;
Shinsuke Yamanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Yusufu Aikebaier, Fukui, JP;
Seongho Choi, Osaka, JP;
Junya Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Maeshima, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided herein is a skutterudite-type material having high thermoelectric conversion characteristics in a high temperature region. A thermoelectric conversion material is provided that contains a skutterudite-type material represented by the following composition formula (I)IGaMPn  (I),wherein x and y satisfy 0.04≤x≤0.11, 0.11≤y≤0.34, and x<y, I represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Yb, Eu, Ce, La, Nd, Ba, and Sr, M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Rh, Ir, Fe, Ni, Pt, Pd, Ru, and Os, and Pn represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sb, As, P, Te, Sn, Bi, Ge, Se, and Si.