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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Yoshio Uchida, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuro Tohma, Ehime, JP;
Kazuo Sadaoka, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a thermoelectric material useful for a thermoelectric converter having excellent energy conversion efficiency, and a method for producing the thermoelectric material. The thermoelectric material comprising an oxide containing Ti, M, and O and the oxide is represented by Formula (1).TiMO  (1)M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of V, Nb, and Ta, x is not less than 0.05 and not more than 0.5, and y is not less than 1.90 and not more than 2.02.