摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new clathrate compound suitably usable for an n-type thermoelectric transducer whose ZT in a high-temperature region such as 800°C is 0.4 or higher. <P>SOLUTION: The new clathrate compound is represented by a chemical formula Ba<SB POS="POST">a</SB>Ga<SB POS="POST">b</SB>Al<SB POS="POST">c</SB>Si<SB POS="POST">d</SB>(7.77≤a≤8.16, 7.47≤b≤15.21, 0.28≤c≤6.92, 30.35≤d≤32.80, a+b+c+d=54). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |