US 11,706,986 B2
Thermoelectric material
Satoki Tada, Kiryu (JP); and Yukihiro Isoda, Tsukuba (JP)
Assigned to Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma (JP); and National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki (JP)
Appl. No. 16/336,547
Filed by Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma (JP); and National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2017, PCT No. PCT/JP2017/036331
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/066657, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-198206 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0280759 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H10N 10/853 (2023.01); H10N 10/851 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/853 (2023.02) [H10N 10/851 (2023.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric material, which comprises:
Fe in an amount of 20000 ppm by mole or more and 30000 ppm by mole or less, and
a compound represented by a chemical formula Mg2Si1-xSnx (0.35<x<0.65) wherein at least one of the Si site and the Sn site of the compound is replaced with at least one of Sb and Bi.