US 12,279,533 B2
Thermoelectric materials
Maurice Collins, Limerick (IE); Mario Culebras Rubio, Limerick (IE); and Juan Jose Vilatela, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK, Limerick (IE); and FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES, Madrid (ES)
Appl. No. 17/414,608
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK, Limerick (IE)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/085102
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126912, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1820651 (GB), filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052246 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/856 (2023.01); C08L 97/00 (2006.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10N 10/857 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/857 (2023.02) [C08L 97/005 (2013.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10N 10/856 (2023.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric material comprising carbon nanotube fibres impregnated with lignin, wherein the thermoelectric material is a yarn comprising the fibres of the carbon nanotubes impregnated with lignin, wherein the thermoelectric material comprises from 5 to 65 wt % of the lignin.