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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Michael Paul Rowe, Pinckney, MI (US);
LI Qin Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debasish Banerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Paul Rowe, Pinckney, MI (US);
Li Qin Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debasish Banerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A thermoelectric material is provided. The material can be a grain boundary modified nanocomposite that has a plurality of bismuth antimony telluride matrix grains and a plurality of zinc oxide nanoparticles within the plurality of bismuth antimony telluride matrix grains. In addition, the material has zinc antimony modified grain boundaries between the plurality of bismuth antimony telluride matrix grains.