Patent ID: 8604331
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: C01B,C01P,C22C,F25B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A thermoelectric material comprising a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein component A comprises at least one element selected from Ag, Ni, Cu, and Zn, component R is at least one element selected from yttrium, cerium, and lanthanum, component G comprises tellurium, a is 0.1, b is 1, and 0≦n<1, wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 comprises a layered structure comprising a block layer comprising components R and G, and a double layer on the block layer, the double layer consisting of directly adjacent sub-layers wherein each sub-layer consists of component G, and wherein component A is intercalated between the double layer and the block layer or is substituted at a position of component R in the block layer.