System and Method for Using Pre-Equilibrium Ballistic Charge Carrier Refraction
AssigneeNeoKismet, L.L.C.
InventorsJawahar M. GIDWANI, Anthony C. ZUPPERO
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Abstract
A method and system for using a method of pre-equilibrium ballistic charge carrier refraction comprises fabricating one or more solid-state electric generators. The solid-state electric generators include one or more of a chemically energized solid-state electric generator and a thermionic solid-state electric generator. A first material having a first charge carrier effective mass is used in a solid-state junction. A second material having a second charge carrier effective mass greater than the first charge carrier effective mass is used in the solid-state junction. A charge carrier effective mass ratio between the second effective mass and the first effective mass is greater than or equal to two.
Claims23
A solid-state electric generator, comprising:
- a thermally energized solid-state electric generator comprising:
- a first material including a plurality of nanoscopic catalyst clusters;
- a second material, the second material being porous, wherein the first material is over the second material and in contact with the second material to form a solid-state junction;
- a plurality of electrical conductor contacts in electrical connection with the first material but not in electrical connection with the second material, wherein a charge carrier is energized between the first and second material;
- a heat source in thermal contact with the thermally energized solid-state electric generator, wherein heat produced by the heat source energizes a charge carrier between the first and the second material;
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- a heat sink that removes heat from the thermally energized solid-state electric generator, the heat sink having a heat sink temperature higher than an ambient temperature.
A solid-state electric generator comprising:
- a thermally energized solid-state electric generator comprising:
- a solid-state junction comprising a first material over and in contract with a second material, the first material comprising a nanoscopic catalyst cluster, the second material being porous;
- one or more electrical conductor contacts in electrical contact with the first material but not in electrical contact with the second material;
- a heat source in thermal contact with the thermally energized solid-state electric generator, wherein heat produced by the heat source energizes a charge carrier between the first and the second material;
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- a heat sink that removes heat from the thermally energized solid-state electric generator, the heat sink having a heat sink temperature higher than an ambient temperature.
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