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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-il Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-woo Hwang, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-mock Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyu-hyoung Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Vilius Mykhailovsky, Chernovtsy, UA;
Roman Mochernyuk, Chernovtsy, UA;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
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′)C  Formula 1wherein A and A′ are different from each other, A is a Group 13 element, and A′ 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′ are different from each other, B is a Group 16 element, and B′ 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≤a<1, b complies with the inequality 0≤b<1, x complies with the inequality −1<x<1, y complies with the inequality −1<y<1, and z complies with 0≤z<0.5.