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| 20080230105 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD USING THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an electric power generation method using a thermoelectric power generation element, a thermoelectric power generation element, and a thermoelectric power generation device, each of which has higher thermoelectric power generation performance than conventional ones and can be used for more applications. The thermoelectric power generation element includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed to oppose each other, and a laminate that is interposed between the first and second electrodes and that is electrically connected to both the first and second electrodes, where the laminate has a structure in which Bi | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080230107 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD USING THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an electric power generation method using a thermoelectric power generation element, a thermoelectric power generation element, and a thermoelectric power generation device, each of which has high thermoelectric power generation performance and can be used for more applications. The thermoelectric power generation element includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed to oppose each other, and a laminate that is interposed between the first and second electrodes and that is electrically connected to both the first and second electrodes, where the laminate has a structure in which SrB | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100194245 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, METHOD OF MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY BY THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric thin film including a lead-free ferroelectric material and exhibiting high piezoelectric performance comparable to that of PZT, and a method of manufacturing the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film of the present invention has a multilayer structure in which a metal electrode film having a plane orientation of (100), a (Bi,Na)TiO | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100282286 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE AND POWER GENERATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The thermoelectric device of the present invention includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed to be opposed to each other, and a laminate that is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, is connected electrically to both the first electrode and the second electrode, and is layered in the direction orthogonal to an electromotive-force extracting direction, which is the direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other. The laminate includes a thermoelectric material layer as well as a first holding layer and a second holding layer that are disposed so as to interpose the thermoelectric material layer therebetween, the first holding layer and the second holding layer have layered structures with metals and insulators that are layered alternately, respectively, a layered direction of the layered structures is parallel with a layer surface of the laminate and is inclined with respect to the electromotive-force extracting direction, the insulators of the first holding layer and the insulators of the second holding layer are disposed so as to appear alternately in the layered direction, and a temperature difference is generated in the direction orthogonal to the layered direction of the laminate and orthogonal to the electromotive-force extracting direction, so that electrical power is output through the first electrode and the second electrode. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100289383 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, INK JET HEAD, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE WITH THE INK JET HEAD, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, METHOD OF MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY WITH THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER WITH THE PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric thin film including a lead-free ferroelectric material and exhibiting high piezoelectric performance comparable to that of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), and a method of manufacturing the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film of the present invention includes: a LaNiO | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100326487 | THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention provides thermoelectric elements, each of which can transfer heat efficiently to a heat source with a curved surface, such as a columnar heat source. A thermoelectric element of the present invention includes a laminate with two different types of thermoelectric conversion materials that are layered alternately from one end to the other end as well as a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed at both ends of the laminate, respectively, wherein the laminate has a shape surrounding a straight line axis from the one end to the other end, when viewed from the direction along the axis, the laminate has an inner circumference with a circular or arc shape and each boundary between respective layers formed of the two different types of thermoelectric conversion materials is disposed in such a manner as to separate from a straight line as the boundary approaches an outer circumference from the inner circumference of the laminate, where the straight line passes an inner circumference-side edge point of the boundary, with the axis being a starting point thereof. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100327165 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a radiation detector with high detection sensitivity. The radiation detector according to the present invention includes an Al | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110024604 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTION METHOD - The present invention provides radiation detectors with high detection sensitivity. The radiation detectors according to the present invention each include an Al | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110072900 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, METHOD OF MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY BY THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric thin film including a lead-free ferroelectric material and exhibiting high piezoelectric performance comparable to that of PZT, and a method of manufacturing the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film of the present invention has a multilayer structure in which a metal electrode film having a plane orientation of (100), a (Bi,Na)TiO | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110095390 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion material composed of an oxide material represented by chemical formula A | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110143146 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, INK JET HEAD, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE WITH THE INK JET HEAD, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, METHOD OF MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY WITH THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER WITH THE PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric thin film including a lead-free ferroelectric material and exhibiting high piezoelectric performance comparable to that of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), and a method of manufacturing the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film of the present invention comprises: a LaNiO | 06-16-2011 |
