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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Hideaki Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Yasunari Sugita, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yotsuhashi, Hyogo, JP;
Tsutomu Kanno, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Yasunari Sugita, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yotsuhashi, Hyogo, JP;
Tsutomu Kanno, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
With conventional thermoelectric conversion materials, their thermoelectric conversion performance has been insufficient, and a problem has been to achieve stable performance in an oxidizing atmosphere and an air atmosphere. In view of this, according to the present invention, a thermoelectric material is made of a complex oxide that has vanadium oxide as its main component and is represented by the general formula AVO. Here, A is at least one selected from an alkali element, an alkaline-earth element, and a rare-earth element, x is a numerical value within the range of 0.2 to 2, and d is a non-stoichiometric ratio of oxygen and is a numerical value within the range of from −1 to 1.