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US 11,696,503 B2Granted
Two-dimensional thermal electric generators
AssigneeGeorge Mason University
InventorsQiliang Li, Sheng Yu, Abbas Arab
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Abstract
Devices for generating electrical energy along with methods of fabrication and methods of use are disclosed. An example device can comprise one or more layers of a transition metal dichalcogenide material. An example device can comprise a mechano-electric generator. Another example device can comprise a thermoelectric generator.
Claims15
A device comprising:
- a first nanoribbon comprising bi-layer n-type molybdenum disulfide with atoms arranged in an armchair pattern;
- a second nanoribbon comprising monolayer p-type molybdenum disulfide with atoms arranged in an armchair pattern;
- an electrical interconnect coupling the first nanoribbon to the second nanoribbon;
- a first electrode coupled to the first nanoribbon;
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- a second electrode coupled to the second nanoribbon, wherein the first nanoribbon and the second nanoribbon provide electrical energy, via one or more of the first electrode or the second electrode, in response to receiving thermal energy at one or more of the first nanoribbon or the second nanoribbon.
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A device comprising:
- a first nanoribbon comprising bi-layer n-type molybdenum disulfide with atoms arranged in an armchair pattern;
- a second nanoribbon comprising monolayer p-type molybdenum disulfide with atoms arranged in an armchair pattern;
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- an electrical interconnect coupling the first nanoribbon to the second nanoribbon,
- wherein the first nanoribbon, the second nanoribbon, and the electrical interconnect are arranged as a cell in an array of thermoelectric generating cells of a thermocouple.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.