Publication number: 20100294326
Abstract: The present invention realizes a thermoelectric conversion material having excellent thermoelectric performance over a wide temperature range, and a thermoelectric conversion module providing excellent junctions between thermoelectric conversion materials and electrodes. The present invention provides an R-T-M-X-N thermoelectric conversion material that has a structure expressed by the following formula: RrTt?mMmXx?nNn (0<r?1, 3?t?m?5, 0?m?0.5, 10?x?15, 0?n?2), where R represents three or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements, alkali metal elements, alkaline-earth metal elements, group 4 elements, and group 13 elements, T represents at least one element selected from Fe and Co, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, and Au, X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, As, Sb, and Bi, and N represents at least one element selected from Se and Te.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 22, 2009
Publication date:
November 25, 2010
Applicant:
FURUKAWA CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Junqing Guo, Shunichi Ochi, Huiyuan Geng, Takahiro Ochi, Satoru Ito