US 12,035,630 B2
Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element, thermoelectric conversion module, and optical sensor
Masahiro Adachi, Osaka (JP); Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Osaka (JP); and Tsunehiro Takeuchi, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION, Nagoya (JP)
Appl. No. 17/633,578
Filed by Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP); and Toyota School Foundation, Nagoya (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/027442
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/039168, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-158548 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0310897 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/852 (2023.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/852 (2023.02) [G01J 5/12 (2013.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric conversion material represented by a composition formula Ag2-xαxS,
α being one selected from among Ni, V, and Ti,
x having a value of greater than 0 and smaller than 0.6.