Rare earth-doped materials with enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit
Patent
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OSTI ID:1320791
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.
- Research Organization:
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Assignee:
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE (Research Triangle Park, NC)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,437,796
- Application Number:
- 13/725,156
- OSTI ID:
- 1320791
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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