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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2007
Naoki Uchiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Naoki Uchiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Atsumitec, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An electric power generation device includes a cell body and a secondary electric power generator. The cell body has an electrolyte, a fuel electrode and an air electrode. The secondary electric power generator is joined to at least one of the fuel and air electrodes and includes P- and N-type thermoelectric conversion members. With the electric power generation device, the cell body generates electric power at temperatures higher than or equal to an power generation start temperature, and at the same time, the P- and N-type thermoelectric conversion members joined to the cell body and functioning as a thermocouple produce electric power by utilizing the Seebeck effect.