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US 12,505,932 B2Granted
Betavoltaic devices
AssigneeGenx Energy Pty Ltd
InventorsBryn Jones, Julian Frederick Kelly
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AssigneeGenx Energy Pty Ltd
InventorsBryn Jones, Julian Frederick Kelly
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The present disclosure relates to devices for generating electrical energy, methods for generating electrical energy, products for use in devices for generating electrical energy and methods for producing devices for generating electrical energy. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides an electrical energy generating device, the device comprising at least one cell comprising: first and second spaced electrodes, the first electrode comprising a low work function material and the second electrode comprising a high work function material; and disposed between the first and second electrodes, beta particle emitting radionuclides and a semiconducting material, the semiconducting material capable of producing electron hole pairs in response to beta particle emission from the radionuclides.
An electrical energy generating device, the device comprising at least one cell comprising:
A method of generating electrical energy, the method comprising:
A product comprising a first material having a low work function, a second material having a high work function, and disposed between the first material and the second material beta particle emitting radionuclides and a single phase composite semiconducting material capable of producing electron hole pairs in response to beta particle emission from the beta particle emitting radionuclides, the single phase composite semiconducting material in the form of an inorganic semiconductor chemically complexed with an organic polymer, the inorganic semiconductor having a band-gap of at least 1.1 eV;
A method of producing an electrical energy generating device, the method comprising incorporating one or more electrical cells into the electrical energy generating device, the one or more electrical cells comprising first and second spaced electrodes, the first electrode comprising a low work function material and the second electrode comprising a high work function material, and disposed between the first and second electrodes, beta particle emitting radionuclides and a single phase composite semiconducting material in the form of an inorganic semiconductor chemically complexed with an organic polymer, the inorganic semiconductor having a band-gap of at least 1.1 eV, the single phase composite-semiconducting material capable of producing electron hole pairs in response to beta particle emission from the beta particle emitting radionuclides;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.