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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicant:
Zhiyu HU, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Zhiyu Hu, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/00 (2006.01); H02N 10/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/00 (2006.01); H01L 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid state thermoelectric converter includes a thermally insulating separator layer, a semiconducting collector and an electron emitter. The electron emitter comprises a metal nanoparticle layer or plurality of metal nanocatalyst particles disposed on one side of said separator layer. A first electrically conductive lead is electrically coupled to the electron emitter. The collector layer is disposed on the other side of the separator layer, wherein the thickness of the separator layer is less than 1 μm. A second conductive lead is electrically coupled to the collector layer.