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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jung Young Cho, Troy, MI (US);
Dongjoon Ahn, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
James R. Salvador, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Gregory P. Meisner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/22 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric material includes a substrate particle and a plurality of conformal oxide layers formed on the substrate particle. The plurality of conformal oxide layers has a total oxide layer thickness ranging from about 2 nm to about 20 nm. The thermoelectric material excludes oxide nanoparticles. A method of making the thermoelectric material is also disclosed herein.