US Patent Issued to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY on March 17 for "Method for manufacturing silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, and thermoelectric conversion element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,858, issued on March 17, was assigned to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Kawaguchi, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, and thermoelectric conversion element" was invented by Junichiro Shiomi (Tokyo), Bin Xu (Tokyo) and Ryohei Nagahiro (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material having improved thermoelectric performance compared to conventional material is provided. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing a silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material having improved thermoelectric pe...