Method of manufacturing a thermoelectric element
CA 1248243 A · Owner: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. · Inventors: Allred, David; Reyes, Jaime; Nguyen, On V.
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Disclosed are a thermoelectric device and method of making the device. The device has a plurality of thermoelectric elements electrically in series and thermally in parallel, where the individual thermoelectric elements have a thermoelectric body formed of macroscopically disordered material with electrical contact surfaces at opposite ends and a multi-layered diffusion barrier coating on the electrical contact surfaces.
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- Granted January 3, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 3, 2006.
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