Patent ID: 11957055
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A thermoelectric conversion element comprising:
a P-type thermoelectric conversion layer;
a first metal layer;
a second metal layer;
a first joining layer joining a first face of the P-type thermoelectric conversion layer and the first metal layer; and
a second joining layer joining a second face of the P-type thermoelectric conversion layer and the second metal layer, wherein:
the P-type thermoelectric conversion layer comprises a thermoelectric conversion material, the thermoelectric conversion material containing Mg and at least one selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi,
the first metal layer and the second metal layer each comprise Cu or a Cu alloy, and
the first joining layer and the second joining layer each comprise an Al alloy containing 70.0 atm % or less of Mg.