摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric conversion element having a superior performance index, and a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element. SOLUTION: This thermoelectric conversion element comprises: a thermoelectric conversion material consisting of a metal or an alloy; and a distributed material which is distributed in the thermoelectric conversion material and consists of the metal or the alloy, which is a stable phase connected with a conjugate line of a state diagram to the metal or the alloy. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |