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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sung-woo Hwang, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyu-hyoung Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang-il Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-han Ahn, Uijeongbu-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2006.01); H01L 35/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2013.01); H01L 35/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric material including: a thermoelectric matrix; and a plurality of metal nanoparticles disposed in the thermoelectric matrix, wherein a difference between a work function of thermoelectric matrix and a work function of a metal particle of the metal nanoparticles is about −1.0 electron volt to about 1.0 electron volt.