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Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Kenichi Uchida, Miyagi, JP;

Yosuke Kajiwara, Miyagi, JP;

Hiroyasu Nakayama, Miyagi, JP;

Eiji Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Uchida, Miyagi, JP;

Yosuke Kajiwara, Miyagi, JP;

Hiroyasu Nakayama, Miyagi, JP;

Eiji Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/82 (2006.01); G11C 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The thermoelectric conversion efficiency of a thermoelectric conversion device is increased by increasing the figure of merit of a spin-Seebeck effect element. An inverse spin-Hall effect material is provided to at least one end of a thermal spin-wave spin current generating material made of a magnetic dielectric material so that a thermal spin-wave spin current is converted to generate a voltage in the above described inverse spin-Hall effect material when there is a temperature gradient in the above described thermal spin-wave spin current generating material and a magnetic field is applied using a magnetic field applying means.


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