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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Akinori Nishide, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Kurosaki, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Yabuuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akinori Nishide, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Kurosaki, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Yabuuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at providing a thermoelectric conversion module with low toxicity, which exhibits conversion efficiency equivalent to that of BiTe. The thermoelectric conversion module of the present invention employs a full Heusler alloy as the material for forming the P-type thermoelectric conversion unit and the N-type thermoelectric conversion unit. The material for forming the N-type thermoelectric conversion unit contains at least any one of Fe, Ti, and Si and Sn.