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Superlattice quantum well thermoelectric material

US5436467A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1994
Grant dateJul 25, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/83

Abstract

A multi-layer superlattice quantum well thermoelectric material using materials for the layers having the same crystalline structure. A preferred embodiment is a superlattice of Si and SiGe, both of which have a cubic structure. Another preferred embodiment is a superlattice of B-C alloys, the layers of which would be different stoichometric forms of B-C but in all cases the crystalline structure would be alpha rhombohedral.

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