Title:
熱エネルギーを電気エネルギーに変換するための方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5250743
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
Inventors:
Hagelstin, Peter
Woo, Dennis
Woo, Dennis
Application Number:
JP2009523363A
Publication Date:
July 31, 2013
Filing Date:
August 06, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MTPV Power Corporation
International Classes:
H01L37/00; H02N11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001512295A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Hiroyuki Tomita
Osamu Hoshino
Fumitoshi Nishiyama
Yasushi Kobayashi
Hiroyuki Tomita
Osamu Hoshino
Fumitoshi Nishiyama