US 11,903,315 B2
Heat-utilizing power generation module and thermal power generation device equipped with same
Biao Mei, Koga (JP); Naoya Goto, Koga (JP); Masaki Takeuchi, Koga (JP); and Sachiko Matsushita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); and TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/621,082
Filed by Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); and TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/023796
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/265216, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-119037 (JP), filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0359805 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/17 (2023.01); H10N 10/854 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/17 (2023.02) [H10N 10/854 (2023.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric module comprising:
a first thermoelectric element including a first thermoelectric conversion layer and a first electrolyte layer stacked each other along a stacked direction;
a second thermoelectric element stacking the first thermoelectric element in the stacked direction, the second thermoelectric element including a second thermoelectric conversion layer and a second electrolyte layer stacked each other along the stacked direction;
a first current collector located at a side of one edge in the stacked direction;
a second current collector located at a side of another edge in the stacked direction; and
an electron transmission layer located between the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element in the stacked direction,
wherein the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element are located between the first current collector and the second current collector in the stacked direction, and
wherein the first electrolyte layer is in direct contact with the electron transmission layer.