Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric – Thermoelectric – Having particular thermoelectric composition
Patent
1997-03-25
1999-11-30
Gorgos, Kathryn
Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Thermoelectric
Having particular thermoelectric composition
136238, 136240, 252 623T, 257 15, 257 22, 257930, H01L 3512
Patent
active
059946393
ABSTRACT:
Thermodynamically metastable skutterudite crystalline-structured compounds are disclosed having preselected stoichiometric compositions and superior and optimizable thermoelectric properties. The compounds are formed at low nucleation temperatures and satisfy the formula:
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Hornbostel Marc
Johnson David C.
Gorgos Kathryn
Nicolas Wesley A.
The State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Hig
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