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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2001
Hideo Shingu, Kyoto, JP;
Keiichi Ishihara, Takatsuki, JP;
Nobuyoshi Imaoka, Fuji, JP;
Isao Morimoto, Fuji, JP;
Shozo Yamanaka, Fuji, JP;
Abstract
A thermoelectric material having a high Seeback coefficient and a large power factor and excellent in shock resistance, thermal strain resistance, and formability, and a thermoelectric element are disclosed. The thermoelectric material and thermoelectric element is composed of a multilayered body made up of a laminar body of a semimetal, a metal, or a synthetic resin and a laminar body of a semimetal. The average thickness of the laminar bodies ranges from 0.3 nm to 1000 nm. Embodiments of the combination of the laminar bodies are Bi—Al, Bi-polyamide series resin, and Ag—Fe. Such a multilayered body is manufactured by forming an initial multilayered body composed of all the types of laminar bodies constituting the multilayered body and rolling or uniaxially pressing a stack of such initial multilayered bodies.