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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2020
Applicants:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toyota School Foundation, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/855 (2023.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/8552 (2023.02); G01J 1/0252 (2013.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.02);
Abstract
A thermoelectric conversion material includes a base material that is a semiconductor having Si and Ge as constituent elements, a first additive element that is different from the constituent elements, has a vacant orbital in a d or f orbital located inside an outermost shell thereof, and forms a first additional level in a forbidden band of the base material, and oxygen. The oxygen content ratio is 6 at % or less.