Thermoelectric material and method for manufacturing the same

A thermoelectric element comprising a multilayered body composed of two or more kinds of laminar bodies made of a metal, and

• the laminar bodies have an average thickness of 0.3 nm to 100 nm, and
• the thermoelectric element is used by applying current in a thickness direction of the multilayered body or used by having a temperature difference between both ends in a thickness direction of the multilayered body.

A method of manufacturing a thermoelectric material,

• in which the material comprises a multilayered body composed of two or more laminar bodies, and the laminar bodies have an average thickness of 0.3 to 1000 nm,
• wherein after making of an initial multilayered body composed of all kinds of laminar bodies makes up the multilayered body, a plurality of initial multilayered bodies are stacked and rolling or uniaxially pressing is performed to form the multilayered body.