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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Masahiro Deguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Akira Taomoto, Kyotanabe, JP;
Toyokazu Ozaki, Nara, JP;
Motoshi Shibata, Nara, JP;
Masahiro Deguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Akira Taomoto, Kyotanabe, JP;
Toyokazu Ozaki, Nara, JP;
Motoshi Shibata, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thermoelectric transducer comprising an emitter () for emitting electrons according to the action of heat or an electric field, a collector () disposed so as to face the emitter () and collect electrons emitted from the emitter (), and an electron transport layer () held between the emitter () and the collector () to serve as a region for transferring the electrons emitted from the emitter (), the electron transport layer () being a porous body having a mixed structure of a vapor phase and a solid phase, the entire solid phase which composes the porous body being composed of an insulating material, and the electrons emitted from the emitter traveling in the vapor phase by applying an electric potential to the collector () that is higher than that applied to the emitter ().