US 12,114,572 B2
Compound and thermoelectric conversion material
Atsunori Doi, Tsukuba (JP); Satoshi Shimano, Tsukuba (JP); Yasujiro Taguchi, Wako (JP); and Yoshinori Tokura, Wako (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP); and RIKEN, Saitama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/297,213
Filed by Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo (JP); and Riken, Wako (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047017
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/116388, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-227569 (JP), filed on Dec. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033273 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/852 (2023.01); C01G 45/00 (2006.01); H10N 10/853 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/852 (2023.02) [C01G 45/006 (2013.01); H10N 10/853 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compound comprising formula (C):
Sn1+a−b−c1−c2−d−eMnbBic1Sbc2IndCueTe  (C)
wherein a, b, c1, c2, d, and e are numbers satisfying: 0.02≤a≤0.08, 0.07≤b≤0.12, 0≤c1≤0.07, 0≤c2≤0.07, 0≤d≤0.02, and 0≤e≤0.10, provided that 0<(c1+c2).