n-Type thermoelectric materials
US5665176A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S257/93
Abstract
An n-type thermoelectric material composed mainly of an iron-silicite compound represented by a chemical formula of FeSi.sub.2+z in which -0.1<z<0.1. The thermoelectric material further comprising Co as an n-type dopant and Ge as an additive. The iron-silicon compound is composed substantially of a low temperature phase (.beta.-phase).
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