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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Proterial, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Michiko Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Proterial, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10N 10/854 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10N 10/854 (2023.02);
Abstract
When a size is increased for mass production, an area of a pressurized surface is increased. This raised a problem in that insufficient load or the like causes a pressure during pressure sintering and a relative density of a thermoelectric conversion element to be likely to become insufficient. As a solution, there is provided a method for producing a thermoelectric conversion element, including: a step of mixing a skutterudite-type thermoelectric conversion material powder containing Sb and a sintering agent containing a compound including Mn and Sb, to obtain a mixture; and a step of sintering the mixture.