Thermoelectric device and method of making and using same

US4489742A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Diane Moore · Suwanee, US
• Jaime M. Reyes · Beverly, US
• Eugen Munteanu · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 1983
• Grant date: Dec 25, 1984
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N10/01

Abstract

An invention is disclosed which provides improved thermoelectric devices and methods of making and using the same. The device exhibits enhanced efficiency and operating life through the use of a bonding material comprising at least 75% busmuth together with an adherent metallic layer interposed between the boundary structure and correspondary thermoelectric semiconductor element.