Patent ID: 9059336
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B01J,F25B,G01K,H01L

Abstract:
1. A thermoelectric conversion element comprising: a magnetic layer; a conductive film formed on the magnetic layer and configured to generate an electromotive force in an in-plane direction by inverse spin-Hall effect; and two terminal sections formed to contact with the conductive film at two portions whose potentials are different to each other by the electromotive force, wherein each of the two terminal sections contacts with the conductive film in a continuous or discrete contact surface, and a longitudinal direction of a minimum rectangle which encompasses the continuous or discrete contact surface of each of the two terminal sections intersects with the direction of the electromotive force, and wherein the two terminal sections and the conductive film is same in a width of an in-plane direction intersecting with a direction of the electromotive force; Wherein the two terminal sections are terminal films formed to contact with the conductive film and having a thickness greater than the conductive film; and Wherein the width of the two terminal films is substantially the same as the width of the conductive film intersecting an in plane direction with a direction of the electromotive force.