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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yunfeng LU, New Orleans, LA (US);
Inventors:
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yunfeng Lu, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignees:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2006.01); H01L 35/18 (2006.01); H01L 35/12 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01); H01L 35/14 (2006.01); H01L 35/02 (2006.01); H01L 35/26 (2006.01); H01L 35/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/16 (2013.01); H01L 35/02 (2013.01); H01L 35/12 (2013.01); H01L 35/14 (2013.01); H01L 35/18 (2013.01); H01L 35/22 (2013.01); H01L 35/26 (2013.01); H01L 35/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric material includes a composite having a first electrically conducting component and second low thermal conductivity component. The first component may include a semiconductor and the second component may include an inorganic oxide. The thermoelectric composite includes a network of the first component having nanoparticles of the second component dispersed in the network.