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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Teruyuki Ikeda, Kawaguchi, JP;
G. Jeffrey Snyder, Pasadena, CA (US);
Teruyuki Ikeda, Kawaguchi, JP;
G. Jeffrey Snyder, Pasadena, CA (US);
Japan Science and Technology Agency, , JP;
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
The method of manufacturing the thermoelectric material including a plurality of phases that are phase-separated from a supersaturated solid solution includes: a process of performing a mechanical alloying treatment to a starting raw material that is prepared with a composition deviated from a composition range existing in an equilibrium state of a compound to generate the supersaturated solid solution; and a process of performing phase separation into the plurality of phases and solidification by heating and pressing the supersaturated solid solution, or by further performing a heat treatment according to the circumstances.