IP Library Granted Patent US 11,641,780
Granted Patent B2
US 11,641,780 · App. 17/145,504 · Granted May 2, 2023

Thermoelectric conversion element and article having thermoelectric conversion element

Inventors: Satoya Sugiura (Ebina, JP); Wataru Yamada (Ebina, JP); Katsuyoshi Hoshino (Chiba, JP)
Assignees: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
H01L35/24C08G61/126C08G2261/11C08G2261/1424C08G2261/3223C08G2261/55C08G2261/712
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Patent No.
US 11,641,780
App. No.
17/145,504
Granted
May 2, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermoelectric conversion element includes: a thermoelectric conversion layer containing a thiophene polymer, in which a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 7.9° is 5 times or more a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 25.8° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the thermoelectric conversion layer.

Claims (47)

1. A thermoelectric conversion element comprising:

a thermoelectric conversion layer containing a thiophene polymer,

wherein:

a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 7.9° is 5 times or more a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 25.8° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the thermoelectric conversion layer, and

the thermoelectric conversion layer has a total content of a Fe atom, a Cu atom, a Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom of 1 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

2. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the peak intensity of the diffraction angle (2θ) of 7.9° is 7 times or more the peak intensity of the diffraction angle (2θ) of 25.8°.

3. A thermoelectric conversion element comprising:

a thermoelectric conversion layer containing a thiophene polymer,

wherein:

a specular reflectance of the thermoelectric conversion layer is 10% or more and 35% or less, and

the thermoelectric conversion layer has a total content of a Fe atom, a Cu atom, a Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom of 1 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

4. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 3 ,

wherein the specular reflectance of the thermoelectric conversion layer is 15% or more and 30% or less.

5. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

6. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 2 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

7. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 3 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

8. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 4 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

9. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 5 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

10. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 6 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

11. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 7 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

12. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 8 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 1 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

13. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thiophene polymer is a polymer of at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkoxythiophene, an aminothiophene, a hydroxythiophene, and an alkylthiophene.

14. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 13 ,

wherein the thiophene polymer is a polymer of at least one selected from the group consisting of the alkoxythiophene and the alkylthiophene.

15. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 13 ,

wherein an alkoxy group of the alkoxythiophene has 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, and an alkyl group of the alkylthiophene has 2 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms.

16. An article comprising:

a thermoelectric conversion element that comprises a thermoelectric conversion layer containing a thiophene polymer,

wherein:

a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 7.9° is 5 times or more a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2θ) of 25.8° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the thermoelectric conversion layer, and

the thermoelectric conversion layer has a total content of a Fe atom, a Cu atom, a Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom of 1 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

17. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 5 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

18. The thermoelectric conversion element according to claim 3 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 5 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

19. The article according to claim 16 ,

wherein the total content of the Fe atom, the Cu atom, the Mn atom, the Cr atom, and the Ce atom is 5 ppm or more and 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: SUGIURA, SATOYA; YAMADA, WATARU; HOSHINO, KATSUYOSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 054872/0795 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-008491 · Jan 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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