University System of Maryland

Israel Perez

Gary W Rubloff

Sang Bok Lee

Parag Banerjee

Laurent Lecordier

Xinyi Chen

Erin Robertson

Chanyuan Liu

Eleanor Gillette

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a vertical two-terminal nanotube or microtube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The vertical device can include a column disposed in a template material extending from one side of the template material to the other side of the template material. Further, the device can include a first material disposed within the column, a second material disposed within the column, and a third material disposed in the column. A variety of configurations, variations, and modifications are provided.

Nanodevice arrays for electrical energy storage, capture and management and method for their formation

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a vertical two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The vertical nanotube device can include a column disposed in an anodic oxide material extending from a first distal end of the anodic oxide material to a second distal end of the anodic oxide material. Further, the vertical nanotube device can include a first material disposed within the column, a second material disposed within the column, and a third material disposed between the first material and the second material. The first material fills the first distal end of the column and extends to the second distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the first distal end of the column and extends to the second distal end of the column within the first material. Both the first material and the second material are exposed at the first distal end of the column.

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a lateral two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The lateral nanotube device can include a substrate, an anodic oxide material disposed on the substrate, and a column disposed in the anodic oxide material extending from one distal end of the anodic oxide material to another end of the anodic oxide material. The lateral nanotube device further can include a first material disposed within the column, and a second material disposed within the column. The first material fills a distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards another distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the another distal end of the column and gradiently decreases towards the distal end of the column within the first material.

Lateral two-terminal nanotube devices and method for their formation

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Israel Perez