THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT SHEET, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE

• Main Authors: GOKO MICHIHISA, SAKAIDA ATSUSUKE, SHIRAISHI YOSHIHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.01.2016
• Subjects: CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of improving a degree of freedom in designing and manufacturing a thermoelectric conversion device.SOLUTION: In a thermoelectric conversion element sheet 1, a thermoelectric conversion element 10 is formed in each of a plurality of formation regions 2a. When one direction in a surface direction of a substrate 2 is defined as a first direction and a direction across the first direction is defined as a second direction, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements 10 are formed in the first direction and the second direction, respectively. In the first direction, the thermoelectric conversion elements 10 neighboring to each other in the first direction are electrically connected. In the second direction, when two thermoelectric conversion elements 10 neighboring to each other in the second direction are defined as a set, the thermoelectric conversion elements 10 within the set are electrically connected at one end side in the first direction. At another end side in the first direction, one thermoelectric conversion element 10 and the other thermoelectric conversion element 10 in one of two sets being adjacent to each other in the second direction are electrically connected, such that the thermoelectric conversion elements 10 are connected in series, respectively. 【課題】熱電変換装置の設計および製造の自由度を向上させる方法を提供する。【解決手段】複数の形成領域２ａの各形成領域２ａに熱電変換素子１０が形成された熱電変換素子シート１とする。複数の熱電変換素子１０を、基材２の面方向における一方向を第１方向とし、第１方向と交差する方向を第２方向としたとき、第１方向および第２方向に沿ってそれぞれ形成し、第１方向では、第１方向に沿って隣接する熱電変換素子１０をそれぞれ電気的に接続し、第２方向では、第２方向に沿って隣接する２つの熱電変換素子１０を組としたとき、第１方向における一端部側において、組内の熱電変換素子１０をそれぞれ電気的に接続し、第１方向における他端部側において、第２方向に沿って隣接する２組の組のうちの一方の熱電変換素子１０と他方の熱電変換素子１０とを電気的に接続することにより、それぞれの熱電変換素子１０を直列に接続する。【選択図】図１