摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing, at low cost and in a short time a thermoelectric semiconductor which comprises a uniform texture and whose irregularities in a characteristic are small. SOLUTION: In the method of manufacturing the thermoelectric semiconductor, pressure is applied to raw-material powder mainly composed of the thermoelectric conductor composed of a compound containing at least two kinds from among Bi, Sb, Te and Se, and a pulse voltage is applied so as to be fired. The application time and the application stop time of the pulse voltage applied to the raw-material powder are controlled, and the thermoelectric semiconductor which comprises the uniform texture and whose irregularities in the characteristic are small can be manufactured at low cost. |