# US 11,114,213 B2 · Self-recharging direct conversion electrical energy storage device and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,114,213 B2 - Document ID: US11114213B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/354,085 - Filed: 2019-03-14 - Published: 2019-07-11 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-27 - Applicants: Eric M. DeLangis - Inventors: Eric M. DeLangis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11114213B2 ## CPC - G21H 1/04: Cells using secondary emission induced by alpha radiation, beta radiation, or gamma radiation - G21H 1/06: Cells wherein radiation is applied to the junction of different semiconductor materials - H01M 10/46: Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus (circuits for charging H02J7/00) - H01G 9/28: Structural combinations of electrolytic capacitors, rectifiers, detectors, switching devices with other electric components not covered by this subclass - H01M 10/05: Accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte (H01M10/39 takes precedence) - H01M 10/44: Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - G21H: OBTAINING ENERGY FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; UTILISING COSMIC RADIATION (measurement of nuclear or X-radiation G01T; fusion reactors G21B; nuclear reactors G21C; lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminescence by external corpuscular radiation or by radioactive material structurally associated with the lamp H01J65/04, H01J65/06) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery of claim 1, further comprising an electrolyte material positioned next to, around, or mixed with the radioisotope material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery of claim 1, further comprising a semiconducting material positioned next to, around, or mixed with the radioisotope material. ### Claim 4 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The battery of claim 4, wherein the first membrane and the electrolyte material are each capable of passing positively charged particles and negatively charged particles between the radioisotope material and the cathode material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The battery of claim 4, further comprising a semiconducting material positioned next to, around, or mixed with the radioisotope material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The battery of claim 4, further comprising an electrochemical cell placed between the cathode material and the anode material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The battery of claim 4, wherein the first membrane and the electrolyte material are each composed as a solid-state structure. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The battery of claim 9, wherein the first membrane and the first electrolyte material are each capable of passing positively charged particles and negatively charged particles between the radioisotope material and the cathode material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The battery of claim 9, wherein the second membrane and the second electrolyte material are each capable of passing positively charged particles and negatively charged particles between the radioisotope material and the anode material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The battery of claim 9, further comprising a semiconducting material positioned next to, around, or mixed with the radioisotope material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The battery of claim 9, further comprising an electrochemical cell placed between to the cathode material and the anode material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The battery of claim 9, wherein the first membrane and the first electrolyte material are each composed as a solid-state structure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The battery of claim 9, wherein the second membrane and the second electrolyte material are each composed as a solid-state structure. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The battery of claim 16, wherein the first membrane is capable of passing positively charged particles and negatively charged particles between the radioisotope material and the anode material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The battery of claim 16, further comprising a semiconducting material positioned next to, around, or mixed with the radioisotope material. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The battery of claim 16, further comprising an electrochemical cell placed between the cathode material and the anode material. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The battery of claim 16, wherein the first membrane is composed as a solid-state structure.