Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Thermoelectric – Having particular thermoelectric composition
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
Michener, Jennifer K (Department: 1728)
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Thermoelectric
Having particular thermoelectric composition
C136S236100, C136S205000, C136S203000, C136S201000, C136S200000, C438S054000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07952015
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a thermoelectrically active p- or n-conductive semiconductor material constituted by a compound of the general formula (I)in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?(PbTe)1−x(Sn2±ySb2±zTe5)x (I)in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?with 0.0001≦x≦0.5, 0≦y<2 and 0≦z<2, wherein 0 to 10% by weight of the compound may be replaced by other metals or metal compounds, wherein the semiconductor material has a Seebeck coefficient of at least |S|≧60 μV/K at a temperature of 25° C. and electrical conductivity of at least 150 S/cm and power factor of at least 5 μW/(cm·K2), further relates to a process for the preparation of such semiconductor materials, as well as to generators and Peltier arrangements containing them.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2811440 (1957-10-01), Fritts et al.
patent: 2811571 (1957-10-01), Fritts et al.
patent: 2811720 (1957-10-01), Fritts et al.
patent: 2882468 (1959-04-01), Wernick
patent: 2944404 (1960-07-01), Fritts
patent: 2949014 (1960-08-01), Belton, Jr. et al.
patent: 3004393 (1961-10-01), Alsing
patent: 3006979 (1961-10-01), Rich
patent: 3071495 (1963-01-01), Hanlein
patent: 3073883 (1963-01-01), McHugh et al.
patent: 3129116 (1964-04-01), Corry
patent: 3178895 (1965-04-01), Mole et al.
patent: 3213630 (1965-10-01), Mole
patent: 3224876 (1965-12-01), Fredrick
patent: 3238134 (1966-03-01), Fleischmann
patent: 3318669 (1967-05-01), Folberth
patent: 3505728 (1970-04-01), Hare et al.
patent: 3527621 (1970-09-01), Newton
patent: 3527622 (1970-09-01), Angus et al.
patent: 3607444 (1971-09-01), Debucs
patent: 3626704 (1971-12-01), Coe, Jr.
patent: 3635037 (1972-01-01), Hubert
patent: 3663307 (1972-05-01), Mole
patent: 3681929 (1972-08-01), Schering
patent: 3779814 (1973-12-01), Miles et al.
patent: 3817043 (1974-06-01), Zoleta
patent: 3859143 (1975-01-01), Krebs
patent: 3945855 (1976-03-01), Skrabek et al.
patent: 4038831 (1977-08-01), Gaudel et al.
patent: 4065936 (1978-01-01), Fenton et al.
patent: 4281516 (1981-08-01), Berthet et al.
patent: 4297841 (1981-11-01), Cheng
patent: 4420940 (1983-12-01), Buffet
patent: 4494380 (1985-01-01), Cross
patent: 4499329 (1985-02-01), Benicourt et al.
patent: 4608319 (1986-08-01), Croopnick et al.
patent: 4730459 (1988-03-01), Schlicklin et al.
patent: 4731338 (1988-03-01), Ralston et al.
patent: 4905475 (1990-03-01), Tuomi
patent: 4989626 (1991-02-01), Takagi et al.
patent: 5006178 (1991-04-01), Bijvoets
patent: 5038569 (1991-08-01), Shirota et al.
patent: 5092129 (1992-03-01), Bayes et al.
patent: 5097829 (1992-03-01), Quisenberry
patent: 5193347 (1993-03-01), Apisdorf
patent: 5228923 (1993-07-01), Hed
patent: 5232516 (1993-08-01), Hed
patent: 5385020 (1995-01-01), Gwilliam et al.
patent: 5429680 (1995-07-01), Fuschetti
patent: 5439528 (1995-08-01), Miller
patent: 5448109 (1995-09-01), Cauchy
patent: 5499504 (1996-03-01), Mill et al.
patent: 5584183 (1996-12-01), Wright et al.
patent: 5592363 (1997-01-01), Atarashi et al.
patent: 5594609 (1997-01-01), Lin
patent: 5605047 (1997-02-01), Park et al.
patent: 5682748 (1997-11-01), DeVilbiss et al.
patent: 5726381 (1998-03-01), Horio et al.
patent: 5802856 (1998-09-01), Schaper et al.
patent: 5860472 (1999-01-01), Batchelder
patent: 5867990 (1999-02-01), Ghoshal
patent: 5900071 (1999-05-01), Harman
patent: RE36242 (1999-06-01), Apisdorf
patent: 5921088 (1999-07-01), Imaizumi et al.
patent: 5955772 (1999-09-01), Shakouri et al.
patent: 5959341 (1999-09-01), Tsuno et al.
patent: 5966941 (1999-10-01), Ghoshal
patent: 5987890 (1999-11-01), Chiu et al.
patent: 6000225 (1999-12-01), Choshal
patent: 6013204 (2000-01-01), Kanatzidis et al.
patent: 6060657 (2000-05-01), Harman
patent: 6082445 (2000-07-01), Dugan
patent: 6084172 (2000-07-01), Kishi et al.
patent: 6096966 (2000-08-01), Nishimoto et al.
patent: 6103967 (2000-08-01), Cauchy et al.
patent: 6225550 (2001-05-01), Hornbostel et al.
patent: 6274802 (2001-08-01), Fukuda et al.
patent: 6282907 (2001-09-01), Ghoshal
patent: 6312617 (2001-11-01), Kanatzidis et al.
patent: 6319744 (2001-11-01), Hoon et al.
patent: 6334311 (2002-01-01), Kim et al.
patent: 6346668 (2002-02-01), McGrew
patent: 6347521 (2002-02-01), Kadotani et al.
patent: 6366832 (2002-04-01), Lomonaco et al.
patent: 6367261 (2002-04-01), Marshall et al.
patent: 6401462 (2002-06-01), Bielinski
patent: 6412287 (2002-07-01), Hughes et al.
patent: 6444894 (2002-09-01), Sterzel
patent: 6446442 (2002-09-01), Batchelor et al.
patent: 6452206 (2002-09-01), Harman et al.
patent: 6477844 (2002-11-01), Ohkubo et al.
patent: 6481213 (2002-11-01), Carr et al.
patent: 6510696 (2003-01-01), Guttman et al.
patent: 6530231 (2003-03-01), Nagy et al.
patent: 6530842 (2003-03-01), Wells et al.
patent: 6539725 (2003-04-01), Bell
patent: 6560968 (2003-05-01), Ko
patent: 6563039 (2003-05-01), Caillat et al.
patent: RE38128 (2003-06-01), Gallup et al.
patent: 6617504 (2003-09-01), Kajihara et al.
patent: 6625990 (2003-09-01), Bell
patent: 6637210 (2003-10-01), Bell
patent: 6672076 (2004-01-01), Bell
patent: 6812395 (2004-11-01), Bell
patent: 6845710 (2005-01-01), Hinzpeter et al.
patent: 6858154 (2005-02-01), Suzuki et al.
patent: 6883359 (2005-04-01), Hartwig, Jr.
patent: 6948321 (2005-09-01), Bell
patent: 6959555 (2005-11-01), Bell
patent: 7111465 (2006-09-01), Bell
patent: 7231772 (2007-06-01), Bell
patent: 7273981 (2007-09-01), Bell
patent: 7326851 (2008-02-01), Sterzel et al.
patent: 7342169 (2008-03-01), Venkatasubramanian et al.
patent: 7365265 (2008-04-01), Heremans et al.
patent: 7426835 (2008-09-01), Bell
patent: 7465871 (2008-12-01), Chen et al.
patent: 2001/0029974 (2001-10-01), Cohen et al.
patent: 2003/0094265 (2003-05-01), Chu et al.
patent: 2004/0200519 (2004-10-01), Sterzel et al.
patent: 2004/0261829 (2004-12-01), Bell
patent: 2004/0261833 (2004-12-01), Ono et al.
patent: 2005/0076944 (2005-04-01), Kanatzidis et al.
patent: 2005/0241690 (2005-11-01), Tajima et al.
patent: 2006/0102224 (2006-05-01), Chen et al.
patent: 2006/0249704 (2006-11-01), Ren et al.
patent: 2006/0272697 (2006-12-01), Kanatzidis et al.
patent: 2007/0107764 (2007-05-01), Kanatzidis et al.
patent: 2007/0227577 (2007-10-01), Sterzel et al.
patent: 2008/0289677 (2008-11-01), Bell et al.
patent: 2009/0178700 (2009-07-01), Heremans et al.
patent: 2009/0235969 (2009-09-01), Heremans et al.
patent: 2009/0269584 (2009-10-01), Bell et al.
patent: 2010/0258154 (2010-10-01), Heremans et al.
patent: 101 42 624 (2003-04-01), None
patent: 1 102 334 (2001-05-01), None
patent: 2 027 534 (1980-02-01), None
patent: 2 267 338 (1993-12-01), None
patent: 56-18231 (1981-02-01), None
patent: 4-165234 (1992-06-01), None
patent: 5-219765 (1993-08-01), None
patent: 09-074229 (1997-03-01), None
patent: 2000-164940 (2000-06-01), None
patent: 2002-289930 (2002-10-01), None
patent: 2003-225743 (2003-08-01), None
patent: 2008-523579 (2006-12-01), None
patent: 329 870 (1970-10-01), None
patent: 337 227 (1971-05-01), None
patent: WO 98/44562 (1998-10-01), None
patent: WO 00/24040 (2000-04-01), None
patent: WO 02/065030 (2002-08-01), None
patent: WO 2004/090998 (2004-10-01), None
patent: WO 2005/036660 (2005-04-01), None
patent: WO 2009/091747 (2009-07-01), None
patent: WO 2009/094571 (2009-07-01), None
patent: WO 2009/132314 (2009-10-01), None
Borissova et al., Thermoelectric properties of materials based on PbTe and GeTe, 1stEur. Conf. Thermoelec., Cardiff, Sep. 15-17, 1987, Chapter 15, pp. 171-177 (1988).
Lawson et al., Preparation and properties of HgTe and mixed crystals of HgTe-CdTe, Phys. and Chem. Solids, 9, pp. 325-329 (1959) (abstract only).
Wernick, Metallurgy of some ternary semiconductors and constitution on the AgSbSe2-AgSbTe2-AgBiSe-PbSe-PbTe system, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, pp. 69-88 (1960).
Ahmad, S., et al.: “Ab initio studies of the electric structure of defects in PbTe” Physical Review B, vol. 74, 2006, pp. 155205-1-155205-13, XP002554793 cited in the application paragraphs [III.A.4], [III.B.2], [III.B.3]; figure 2a.
Akimo
Chung Duck-Young
Kanatzidis Mercouri G.
Kuehling Klaus
Sterzel Hans-Josef
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Mershon Jayne
Michener Jennifer K
LandOfFree
Pb-Te-compounds doped with tin-antimony-tellurides for... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Pb-Te-compounds doped with tin-antimony-tellurides for..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Pb-Te-compounds doped with tin-antimony-tellurides for... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2648111