RARE EARTH-DOPED MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT

RARE EARTH-DOPED MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT

A thermoelectric material and a thermoelectric converter using this material. The thermoelectric material has a first component including a semiconductor material and a second component including a rare earth material included in the first component to thereby increase a figure of merit of a composi...

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Hauptverfasser: COOK BRUCE ALLEN, LEVIN EVGENII M, HARRINGA JOEL LEE, VENKATASUBRAMANIAN RAMA
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Sprache:eng
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ELECTRICITY
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Zusammenfassung:A thermoelectric material and a thermoelectric converter using this material. The thermoelectric material has a first component including a semiconductor material and a second component including a rare earth material included in the first component to thereby increase a figure of merit of a composite of the semiconductor material and the rare earth material relative to a figure of merit of the semiconductor material. The thermoelectric converter has a p-type thermoelectric material and a n-type thermoelectric material. At least one of the p-type thermoelectric material and the n-type thermoelectric material includes a rare earth material in at least one of the p-type thermoelectric material or the n-type thermoelectric material.