US 11,380,833 B1 · Thermoelectric device assembly with fusion layer structure suitable for thermoelectric Seebeck and Peltier devices

Abstract

A new class of thermoelectric and energy conversion apparatus, that enhances the efficiency of converting one form of energy to another using a wide range of energy conversion materials. The new method of stimulating greater electrical conversion using polymers and thermoelectric composite materials that have unique properties similar to commercial superconductors. The invention entails processes that create and interconnect the superconducting polymer layers through an assembly lowering internal resistance, impeding phonon conduction and stimulating increase in electron flow through the device with increased electrical power. The invention includes the use of dopants that are mixed with a polymer solution to build superconducting polymer connections between the thermoelectric device layers.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A process for generating electrical energy comprising:

heating a first heat conducting layer;
passing the heat from the heat conducting layer through first and second semiconductor materials disposed on opposite sides of the heat conducting layer;
dissipating heat from the semiconductor material via a second heat conducting layer disposed on each of the first and second semiconductor materials;
and
generating electrical current between the first and second semiconductors materials, wherein
the first and second semiconductor materials and the heat conducting layers are coated with a superconducting polymer.

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Facts

Application

17/001,544Filed 24 Aug 2020 · continuation

Priority

29 Aug 2008

Granted

5 Jul 2022

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

H10N 10/17
Operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects: characterised by the structure or configuration of the cell or thermocouple forming the device
H10N 10/813
Structural details of the junction: the junction being separable, e.g. using a spring
H10N 10/01
Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects: manufacture or treatment
H10N 10/13
Operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects: characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction

Family

Application61/092,929Us provisional application · filed 29 Aug 2008

Application12/547,222Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Aug 2009

Application15/144,630Parent of this continuation · filed 2 May 2016

US 10,756,248 B1Parent of this continuation

Application15/144,630Parent of this continuation-in-part

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Thermoelectric device assembly with fusion layer structure suitable for thermoelectric Seebeck and Peltier devices

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Thermoelectric device assembly with fusion layer structure suitable for thermoelectric Seebeck and Peltier devices

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Abstract

Claims20