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Patent No.:

US 10868077 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2011

Thermoelectric apparatus and applications thereof

Applicant:

David L Carroll, Winston Salem, NC (US);

Inventor:

David L Carroll, Winston Salem, NC (US);

Assignee:

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Attorneys:

J. Clinton Wimbish

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Christina Chern

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/32 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01); H01L 27/16 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); H01L 35/26 (2006.01); H02S 10/10 (2014.01); H01L 35/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/16 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); H01L 35/14 (2013.01); H01L 35/22 (2013.01); H01L 35/26 (2013.01); H01L 35/32 (2013.01); H02S 10/10 (2014.12);
Abstract

In some embodiments, thermoelectric apparatus and various applications of thermoelectric apparatus are described herein. In some embodiments, a thermoelectric apparatus described herein comprises at least one p-type layer coupled to at least one n-type layer to provide a pn junction, and an insulating layer at least partially disposed between the p-type layer and the n-type layer, the p-type layer comprising a plurality of carbon nanoparticles and the n-type layer comprising a plurality of n-doped carbon nanoparticles.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Carroll, David. (2020). Thermoelectric apparatus and applications thereof (U.S. Patent No. 10868077). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10868077

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