US 12,262,639 B2
Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element, thermoelectric conversion module, and method for producing the thermoelectric conversion material
Fuyuki Ando, Osaka (JP); and Hiromasa Tamaki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,950.
Application 18/525,950 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/017377, filed on Apr. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-100341 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099142 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H10N 10/852 (2023.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10N 10/851 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/852 (2023.02) [H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10N 10/8556 (2023.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric conversion material comprising Ge, Te, and Sb, wherein
the thermoelectric conversion material comprises first region and second region,
a content of Sb in the first region in terms of number density of atoms is higher than a content of Sb in the second region in terms of number density of atoms, and
the first region comprises a dispersed phase.