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AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiromasa Tamaki, Tsutomu Kanno, Hiroki Sato, Akihiro Sakai, Kohei Takahashi
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The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion material represented by the following chemical formula Mg3+mAaBbD2-eEe. The element A represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba and Yb. The element B represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn and Zn. The value of m is not less than −0.39 and not more than 0.42. The value of a is not less than 0 and not more than 0.12. The value of b is not less than 0 and not more than 0.48. The element D represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi. The element E represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Se and Te. The value of e is not less than 0.001 and not more than 0.06. The thermoelectric conversion material has a La2O3 crystalline structure. The thermoelectric conversion material is of n-type. The present invention provides a novel thermoelectric conversion material.
A thermoelectric conversion material represented by the following chemical formula (I):
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