Energy harvesting device
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11573034B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US16322930

    申请日:2016-08-09

    发明人: Ali Kosar

    摘要: A device including a liquid's flow path having an upstream side and a downstream side, a plurality of flow restrictive elements providing material communication between the upstream side to the downstream side, a thermoelectric generator or a thermophotovoltaic cell in thermal connection with a portion of the device located at the downstream side with respect to the plurality of flow restrictive elements. The portion is provided with roughness elements for, in use, contacting a fluid flowing through the device and facilitating collapse of cavitation bubbles.

    Thermoelectric Device Structures
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230012332A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17949209

    申请日:2022-09-20

    申请人: Sheetak, Inc.

    发明人: Uttam Ghoshal

    摘要: The present disclosure is related to structures for and methods for producing thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric devices include multiple stages of thermoelements. Each stage includes alternating n-type and p-type thermoelements. The stages are sandwiched between upper and lower sets of metal links fabricated on a pair of substrate layers. The metal links electrically connect pairs of n-type and p-type thermoelements from each stage. There may be additional sets of metal links between the multiple stages. The individual thermoelements may be sized to handle differing amounts of electric current to optimize performance based on their location within the multistage device.

    Silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material

    公开(公告)号:US11456406B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16957642

    申请日:2018-12-26

    摘要: Provided is a silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material in which thermoelectric performance is improved by reducing the thermal conductivity as compared with the prior art. In the silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, the ZT is greater than 0.2 at room temperature with the elemental silicon. In the silicon bulk thermoelectric conversion material, a plurality of silicon grains have an average of 1 nm or more and 300 nm or less, a first hole have an average of 1 nm or more and 30 nm or less present in the plurality of silicon grains and surfaces of the silicon grains, and a second hole have an average of 100 nm or more and 300 nm or less present between the plurality of silicon grains, wherein the aspect ratio of a crystalline silicon grain is less than 10.

    INTEGRATED DUAL-SIDED ALL-IN-ONE ENERGY SYSTEM INCLUDING PLURAL VERTICALLY STACKED DUAL-SIDED ALL-IN-ONE ENERGY APPARATUSES

    公开(公告)号:US20220223777A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17365245

    申请日:2021-07-01

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to an integrated dual-sided all-in-one energy system including a plurality of vertically stacked dual-sided all-in-one energy apparatuses, each including an energy-harvesting device and an energy-storage device disposed on both sides of a substrate, and according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an integrated dual-sided all-in-one energy system may include a plurality of dual-sided all-in-one energy apparatuses, each including an energy-harvesting device that is formed as an electrode pattern on one side of a substrate and generates electrical energy by harvesting energy based on a temperature difference between a first side and a second side and an energy-storage device that is formed on the other side of the substrate and is selectively connected to the energy-harvesting device based on the electrode pattern to store the generated electrical energy.

    Thermoelectric conversion element

    公开(公告)号:US11384107B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US17050655

    申请日:2019-04-26

    摘要: Provided is an easy-to-process thermoelectric conversion device whose shape can be freely changed. The device is provided containing electrodes and an ionic solid, wherein the ionic solid has: an anionic heterometal complex aggregated to form a crystal lattice; and a cationic species present in interstices of the crystal lattice, and wherein the anionic heterometal complex includes: a metal M1 selected from the group consisting of the elements of Groups 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table and Cr and Mn; a metal M2 selected from the group consisting of the elements of Groups 11 and 12 of the Periodic Table; and a ligand.

    Semiconductor substrate and method for producing same, substrate, and laminate

    公开(公告)号:US11217739B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16619447

    申请日:2018-06-07

    摘要: A semiconductor substrate contains a clathrate compound of the following General Formula (I). The semiconductor substrate includes a variable-composition layer which includes a pn junction and where composition of the clathrate compound varies along a thickness direction. A rate of change in y in the thickness direction of at least a portion of the variable-composition layer is 1×10−4/μm or more. AxByC46-y   (I) In General Formula (I), A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Na, Sr, and K, B represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, and Al, and C represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, and Sn, x is 7 to 9, and y is 3.5 to 6 or 11 to 17.