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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An enclosed multi-dimensional system for converting electromagnetic (EM) energy into electricity. An electromagnetic energy convertor (EMEC) device comprises a plurality of electromagnetic (EM) energy converting cells disposed in a single-piece, at-least-partially transparent, insulating medium selected from a list of luminescent, transmissive, absorptive, diffusive, refractive, dispersive, conductive, and dielectric materials or a combination thereof. The medium facilitates the propagation of the electromagnetic energy within the EMEC device and helps to optimize its conversion to electricity by the plurality of electromagnetic (EM) energy converting cells. The plurality of electromagnetic (EM) energy converting cells are disposed at least partially within the medium. A method is provided for optimizing the power per occupied surface area of the electromagnetic energy convertor (EMEC) device by adjusting the medium diffusivity and setting positions and/or the orientations of the plurality of electromagnetic (EM) energy converting cells by adjusting at least one of three main physical parameters.