P-type thermoelectric materials, a process for their manufacture and uses thereof
US8003002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N10/853
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A thermoelectric material of the p-type having the stoichiometric formula Zn4Sb3, wherein part of the Zn atoms optionally being substituted by one or more elements selected from the group comprising Sn, Mg, Pb and the transition metals in a total amount of 20 mol % or less in relation to the Zn atoms is provided by a process involving zone-melting of a an arrangement comprising an interphase between a “stoichiometric” material having the desired composition and a “non-stoichiometric” material having a composition deviating from the desired composition. The thermoelectric materials obtained exhibit excellent figure of merits.
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