THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION MODULE

• US 20160005948A1
• Filed: 09/17/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: HAYASHI, Naoyuki, TAKAHASHI, Eri
• Granted Patent: US 9,786,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 10/17 characterised by the structure or configuration of the cell or thermocouple forming the device
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 10/817 the junction being non-separable, e.g. being cemented, sintered or soldered
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 10/82 Connection of interconnections
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 10/856 comprising organic compositions
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 15/00 Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using the Nernst-Ettingshausen effect integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10N19/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A thermoelectric generation module having: a base material; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the base material; and a thermoelectric conversion layer that coats each of the electrodes individually leaving a portion of the electrode to which a wiring is to be connected, wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres to the base material around the electrode excluding the portion of the electrode to which the wiring is to be connected.

Claims

1. A thermoelectric generation module having:

a resin-made base material;

a plurality of electrodes disposed on the base material; and

a resin-made thermoelectric conversion layer that coats each of the electrodes individually leaving a portion of the electrode to which a wiring is to be connected,

wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres to the base material around the electrode excluding the portion of the electrode to which the wiring is to be connected.

2. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres to the base material around the electrode on a lower side of the wiring that is connected to at least the thermoelectric conversion layer.

3. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres to the base material around the electrode on the lower side of the wiring that is connected to at least the thermoelectric conversion layer, and wherein a width of an adhered portion of the thermoelectric conversion layer and the base material is wider than a thickness of the thermoelectric conversion layer.

4. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 1, wherein an easy adhesion layer lies between at least the base material and the thermoelectric conversion layer, and wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres, via the easy adhesion layer as an adhesion layer, to the base material around the electrode excluding the portion of the electrode to which the wiring is to be connected.

5. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a conductive resin layer lies between at least the base material and the electrode and the thermoelectric conversion layer, and wherein the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres, via the conductive resin layer as an adhesion layer, to the base material of the electrode and around the electrode excluding the portion of the electrode to which the wiring is to be connected.

6. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 5, wherein electric conductivity of the thermoelectric conversion layer is higher than the conductive resin layer.

7. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a background surface of the thermoelectric conversion layer, that is the side of at least the thermoelectric conversion layer to be adhered, has an energy ray-irradiated surface-modified face, and wherein with the use of the surface-modified face as an adhesion surface, the thermoelectric conversion layer adheres to the base material around the electrode excluding the portion of the electrode to which the wiring is to be connected.

8. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 1, having a wiring that electrically connects the thermoelectric conversion layer with a portion of other electrode to which the wiring is to be connected, wherein the other electrode is adjacent to the electrode coating the thermoelectric conversion layer.

9. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 1, mounting a secondary battery that is electrically connected to an output portion of the thermoelectric conversion layer.

10. The thermoelectric generation module as claimed in claim 9, mounting an electronic device connected to the secondary battery.