US 12,108,676 B2
N-type material for thermoelectric conversion, method for producing same, dopant and thermoelectric conversion element
Yasuaki Sakurai, Tokyo (JP); Masahide Yamada, Tokyo (JP); and Jun Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Denka Company Limited, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/998,917
Filed by Denka Company Limited, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/019217
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/235526, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-088730 (JP), filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200242 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H10N 10/855 (2023.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10K 85/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/855 (2023.02) [H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10K 85/00 (2023.02)] 8 Claims
 
1. An n-type material for thermoelectric conversion obtained by doping a p-type material for thermoelectric conversion with a dopant, the p-type material for thermoelectric conversion containing a carbon nanotube and a conductive resin, wherein
the dopant contains an anion that is a complex ion, an alkali metal cation, and a cation scavenger, and wherein the anion includes an iron atom.