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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Michael Paul Rowe, Pinckney, MI (US);
LI Qin Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Paul Rowe, Pinckney, MI (US);
Li Qin Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermoelectric material that comprises a ternary main group matrix material and nano-particles and/or nano-inclusions of a Group 2 or Group 12 metal oxide dispersed therein. A process for making the thermoelectric material that includes reacting a reduced metal precursor with an oxidized metal precursor in the presence of nanoparticles.