Thermoelectric heterostructure assemblies element
US7932460B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N10/01
Abstract
Improved thermoelectric assemblies are disclosed, wherein layers of heterostructure thermoelectric materials or thin layers of thermoelectric material form thermoelectric elements. The layers are bound together with agents that improve structural strengths, allow electrical current to pass in a preferred direction, and minimize or reduce adverse affects, such a shear stresses, that might occur to the thermoelectric properties and materials of the assembly by their inclusion.
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