Patents Examined by Dao V Nguyen
  • Thermoelectric conversion material
    Patent number: 8802963
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material is provided, in which only a desired crystal is selectively precipitated. An MxV2O5 crystal is selectively precipitated in vanadium-based glass, wherein M is one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, tungsten, molybdenum, manganese, nickel, copper, silver, an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, and 0<x<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Fujieda, Takashi Naito, Takuya Aoyagi