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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2023
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Fuyuki Ando, Osaka, JP;
Hiromasa Tamaki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/852 (2023.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10N 10/851 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/852 (2023.02); H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10N 10/8556 (2023.02);
Abstract
A thermoelectric conversion material according to the present disclosure includes Ge, Te, and Sb. The thermoelectric conversion material includes a first region and a second region. The content of Sb in the first region in terms of number density of atoms is higher than the content of Sb in the second region in terms of number density of atoms. The first region includes a dispersed phase.