Antora Energy, Inc.

Arizona State University

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Tarun C Narayan

Justin Briggs

Myles Aaron Steiner

Richard R King

David Bierman

Andrew Joseph Ponec

Emmett E Perl

Madhan Kumar Arulanandam

Eric James Tervo

Leah Y Kuritzky

A layered window in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices is disclosed herein. The device may include two or more front window layers, including an outer front window layer nearest the light source that is thin and highly doped and a lower doped inner front window layer nearest a TPV absorber layer. In some embodiments, there may be additional front window layers between the outer front window layer and the inner front window layer. In some embodiments, the TPV device also may include a front contact, a back contact, and other components.

Layered window in thermophotovoltaic devices

A solid-state thermal battery system is disclosed herein. The system includes a stationary thermal storage medium that can be charged by adding heat to the thermal storage medium. Actuated heat engines can be utilized to discharge the solid-state thermal battery, converting the heat stored in the thermal storage medium into electricity. The heat engines are actuated in a manner that reduces thermal gradients in the thermal storage medium to increase the efficiency of the system. In one embodiment, the thermal storage medium is contained in a main chamber of an insulated container. The heat engines are stored, when idle, in an ancillary chamber adjacent to the main chamber and moved into the main chamber by an actuation system to begin discharging the solid-state thermal battery. The heat engines follow a path during discharge to dynamically move between regions of the thermal storage medium to reduce thermal gradients induced therein.

System and method for a solid-state thermal battery

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Riverside, CA, United States of America

Tarun C Narayan