Electrolytic direct energy converter (edec)

An electrolytic direct energy converter (EDEC) adapted to be connected to an electrical load impedance and having a cell that produces a potential difference voltage and a current when the cell is connected to the electrical load impedance, said EDEC cell comprising:

• an electrolyte material containing positive and negative mobile ions;
• and
• a pair of electrodes having different work functions, said pair of electrodes being physically separated from one another and lying in electrical contact with said electrolyte,
• said electrical load impedance to be electrically connected between said pair of electrodes, whereby a charge difference is created in said electrodes and an electric field is created within the electrolyte such that the motion of the positive and negative mobile ions of said electrolyte causes a majority of the positive ions of said electrolyte to move to one electrode of the pair of electrodes and a majority of the negative ions of said electrolyte to move to the other electrode of said pair of electrodes, whereby the potential difference voltage is produced by said cell across the electrical load impedance and the current produced by said cell flows through the electrical load impedance.