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US 11,114,213 B2Granted
Self-recharging direct conversion electrical energy storage device and method
OwnerEric M. DeLangisinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for collecting and storing the energy emitted by radioisotopes in the form of alpha and or beta particles is described. The present invention incorporates aspects of four different energy conversion and storage technologies, those being: Nuclear alpha and or beta particle capture for direct energy conversion and storage, fuel cells, rechargeable electrochemical storage cells and capacitive electrical energy storage.
Claims20
A battery comprising:
- a radioisotope material;
- a cathode material connected to one side of the radioisotope material;
- an anode material connected to an opposite side of the radioisotope material;
- a housing capable of accommodating the radioisotope material, the anode material, and the cathode material;
- a first connection lead coupled to the anode material;
- and
- a second connection lead coupled to the cathode material.
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A battery comprising:
- a radioisotope material;
- a first membrane having an electrolyte material, the first membrane connected to one side of the radioisotope material;
- a cathode material connected to an opposite side of the first membrane and the electrolyte material;
- an anode material connected to the other side of the radioisotope material;
- a housing capable of accommodating the radioisotope material, the first membrane, the electrolyte material, the anode material and the cathode material;
- a first connection lead coupled to the anode material;
- and
- a second connection lead coupled to the cathode material.
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A battery comprising:
- a radioisotope material having a first side and a second side;
- a first membrane having a first electrolyte material, a first side of the first membrane being connected to the first side of the radioisotope material;
- a cathode material attached to a second side of the first membrane and the first electrolyte material;
- a second membrane having a second electrolyte material, a first side of the second membrane being connected to the second side of the radioisotope material;
- an anode material connected to a second side of the second membrane material and the second electrolyte material;
- a housing capable of accommodating the radioisotope material, the first membrane, the second membrane, the first electrolyte material, the second electrolyte material, the anode material, and the cathode material;
- a first connection lead coupled to the anode material;
- and
- a second connection lead coupled to the cathode material.
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A battery comprising:
- a radioisotope material having a first side and a second side, the first side opposite to the second side;
- a first membrane connected to the first side of the radioisotope material;
- an anode material connected to the first membrane;
- a cathode material connected to the second side of the radioisotope material;
- a housing capable of accommodating the radioisotope material, the first membrane and electrolyte material, the anode material and the cathode material;
- a first connection lead coupled to the anode material;
- and
- a second connection lead coupled to the cathode material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.