Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric element

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2003-07-30

2011-11-29

Phasge, Arun S (Department: 1724)

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Thermoelectric

Having particular thermoelectric composition

C136S236100, C136S240000

Reexamination Certificate

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08067686

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a thermoelectric material which is represented by the following composition formula (1) or (2) and comprises as a major phase an MgAgAs type crystal structure:in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?(Tia1Zrb1Hfc1)xNiySn100-x-y  composition formula (1);in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?(Lnd(Tia2Zrb2Hfc2)1-d)xNiySn100-x-y  composition formula (2);in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?(wherein a1, b1, c1, x and y satisfy the conditions of: 0<a1<1, 0<b1<1, 0<c1<1, a1+b1+c1=1, 30≦x≦35 and 30≦y≦35, and Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y and rare earth elements, and a2, b2, c2 and d satisfy the conditions of: 0≦a2≦1, 0≦b2≦1, 0≦c2≦1, a2+b2+c2=1 and 0<d≦0.3).

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