Patent ID: 9306144
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: C01B,H01L,H02N,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A thermoelectric generator comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode opposing each other; and a stacked body having a first principal face and a second principal face and a first end face and a second end face, the first end face and the second end face being located between the first principal face and the second principal face, and the first electrode and the second electrode being respectively electrically connected to the first end face and the second end face; the stacked body being structured so that first layers made of a first material and second layers made of a second material are alternately stacked, the first material containing a metal and particles having a lower thermal conductivity than that of the metal, the particles being dispersed in the metal, and the second material having a higher Seebeck coefficient and a lower thermal conductivity than those of the first material; planes of stacking between the first layers and the second layers being inclined with respect to a direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode oppose each other, wherein a potential difference occurs between the first electrode and the second electrode due to a temperature difference between the first principal face and the second principal face.