Quantum well thermoelectric material on organic substrate
US6096965A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N10/8556
Abstract
Thermoelectric elements for use in a thermoelectric device. The thermoelectric elements have a very large number of alternating layers of semiconductor material deposited on a very thin organic substrate. The layers of semiconductor material alternate between barrier semiconductor material and conducting semiconductor material creating quantum wells within the thin layers of conducting semiconductor material. The conducting semiconductor material is doped to create conducting properties. The substrate preferably should be very thin, a very good thermal and electrical insulator with good thermal stability and strong and flexible.
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