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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:
University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zhifeng Ren, Houston, TX (US);
Huaizhou Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Zhongjia Tang, Houston, TX (US);
Jiehe Sui, Harbin, CN;
Yucheng Lan, Houston, TX (US);
Qing Jie, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 12/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/18 (2006.01); C22C 30/00 (2006.01); C22C 23/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/15 (2006.01); H01L 35/14 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B22F 9/04 (2006.01); C22C 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 23/00 (2013.01); B22F 1/0003 (2013.01); B22F 3/15 (2013.01); B22F 9/04 (2013.01); C22C 1/0408 (2013.01); C22C 12/00 (2013.01); C22C 30/00 (2013.01); H01L 35/14 (2013.01); H01L 35/18 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01); B22F 2009/043 (2013.01); B22F 2301/058 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of manufacturing a thermoelectric, high performance material by using ball-milling and hot pressing materials according to various formulas, where some formulas substitute a different element for part of one of the elements in the formula, in order to obtain a figure of merit (ZT) suitable for thermoelectric applications.