Patents by Inventor Yunshan Tang

Yunshan Tang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thermoelectric device, electrode materials and method for fabricating thereof
    Patent number: 9012760
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device, a method for fabricating a thermoelectric device and electrode materials applied to the thermoelectric device are provided according to the present invention. The present invention is characterized in arranging thermoelectric material power, interlayer materials and electrode materials in advance according to the structure of thermoelectric device; adopting one-step sintering method to make a process of forming bulked thermoelectric materials and a process of combining with electrodes on the devices to be completed simultaneously; and obtaining a ? shape thermoelectric device finally. Electrode materials related to the present invention comprise binary or ternary alloys or composite materials, which comprise at least a first metal selected from Cu, Ag, Al or Au, and a second metal selected from Mo, W, Zr, Ta, Cr, Nb, V or Ti.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Lidong Chen, Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Lin He, Xiaoya Li, Yunshan Tang, Xugui Xia, Degang Zhao
  • THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE, ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120180842
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device, a method for fabricating a thermoelectric device and electrode materials applied to the thermoelectric device are provided according to the present invention. The present invention is characterized in arranging thermoelectric material power, interlayer materials and electrode materials in advance according to the structure of thermoelectric device; adopting one-step sintering method to make a process of forming bulked thermoelectric materials and a process of combining with electrodes on the devices to be completed simultaneously; and obtaining a ? shape thermoelectric device finally. Electrode materials related to the present invention comprise binary or ternary alloys or composite materials, which comprise at least a first metal selected from Cu, Ag, Al or Au, and a second metal selected from Mo, W, Zr, Ta, Cr, Nb, V or Ti.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Lidong Chen, Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Lin He, Xiaoya Li, Yunshan Tang, Xugui Xia, Degang Zhao