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20110012069 | DOPED TIN TELLURIDES FOR THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS - The p- or n-conductive semiconductor material comprises a compound of the general formula (I) | 01-20-2011 |
20110016888 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE - The thermoelectric module composed of p- and n-conducting thermoelectric material legs which are mutually connected to one another via electrically conductive contacts, is characterized by the fact that the electrically conductive contacts have on the cold and hot sides of the thermoelectric module between the thermoelectric material legs in their course at least one flexibility location which permits flexure and slight displacement of the thermoelectric material legs relative to one another. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020164 | PROCESS FOR SINTERING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS - The process for producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding thermoelectric materials with heat treatment under inert gas or under reduced pressure at temperatures in the range from 100 to 900° C. comprises producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding in the presence of oxygen scavengers which form thermodynamically stable oxides in the presence of free oxygen under the production, processing, sintering, pressing or extrusion conditions and hence keep free oxygen away from the thermoelectric material. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020969 | METHOD FOR APPLYING LAYERS ONTO THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS - A method for applying at least one layer, selected from diffusion barriers, further protective layers, adhesion promoters, solders and electrical contacts, onto thermoelectric materials, is characterized by the fact that the at least one layer is rolled or pressed onto the thermoelectric material at a temperature at which the thermoelectric material is flowable. | 01-27-2011 |
20110284048 | MULTI-LAYER SUPERLATTICE QUANTUM WELL THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND MODULE - A multi-layer superlattice quantum well thermoelectric material comprising at least 10 alternating layers has a layer thickness of each less than 50 nm, the alternating layers being electrically conducting and barrier layers, wherein the layer structure shows no discernible interdiffusion leading to a break-up or dissolution of the layer boundaries upon heat treatment at a temperature in the range from 50 to 150° C. for a time of at least 100 hours and the concentration of doping materials in the conducting layers is 10 | 11-24-2011 |
20110306261 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE METAL CONTACTS - To produce flexible electrical and/or thermal metal contacts for connecting electrical, electronic or thermal components, metal fibers, metal fiber nonwovens or metal fiber wovens with an average fiber diameter in the range from 1 to 500 μm are compacted by rolling, pressing or extruding involving cold working to form fibrous sheets. | 12-15-2011 |
20120001117 | Self-Organising Thermoelectric Materials - In a process for producing thermoelectric materials with a polyphasic structure, in which particles of a first phase with a characteristic length of not more than 10 μm are present in homogeneous dispersion in a second phase, by self-assembly, an a least binary thermoelectric material is melted together with a metal which is not a component of the at least binary thermoelectric material, or a chalcogenide of said metal, and, after mixing, is cooled or bonded by reactive grinding. | 01-05-2012 |
20120017963 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE WITH INSULATED SUBSTRATE - In a thermoelectric module comprising a series of p and n type semiconductors con | 01-26-2012 |
20120103380 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - In a process for the production of a thermoelectric module, thermoelectric legs which are electrically contact-connected in series are coated so as to be covered with an electrically insulating solid material. | 05-03-2012 |
20140353880 | PROCESS FOR SINTERING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS - The process for producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding thermoelectric materials with heat treatment under inert gas or under reduced pressure at temperatures in the range from 100 to 900° C. comprises producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding in the presence of oxygen scavengers which form thermodynamically stable oxides in the presence of free oxygen under the production, processing, sintering, pressing or extrusion conditions and hence keep free oxygen away from the thermoelectric material. | 12-04-2014 |