Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric device

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2005-03-24

2010-06-29

Neckel, Alexa D (Department: 1795)

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Thermoelectric

Having particular thermoelectric composition

C136S238000, C136S239000, C136S240000, C136S203000, C136S205000, C252S519120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07745720

ABSTRACT:
A thermoelectric material includes a composition represented by the following formula (A):in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?(Tia1Zrb1Hfc1)xNiySn100-x-y  (A)in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?where 0<a1<1, 0<b1<1, 0<c1<1, a1+b1+c1=1, 30≦x≦35, and 30≦y≦35. The composition includes at least two MgAgAs crystal phases different in a lattice constant, and, assuming that X-ray diffraction peak intensity from a (422) diffraction plane of a first MgAgAs crystal phase having a smallest lattice constant and X-ray diffraction peak intensity from a (422) diffraction plane of a second MgAgAs crystal phase having a largest lattice constant be I1and I2, respectively, a value of I1/(I1+I2) is in a range of 0.2 to 0.8.

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Japanese Office Action and English Translation mailed Nov. 10, 2009.

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