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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Mingqiang Yi, San Pablo, CA (US);
Gabriel A. Matus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew L. Scullin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chii Guang Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Sylvain Muckenhirn, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mingqiang Yi, San Pablo, CA (US);
Gabriel A. Matus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew L. Scullin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chii Guang Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Sylvain Muckenhirn, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Alphabet Energy, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
A matrix with at least one embedded array of nanowires and method thereof. The matrix includes nanowires and one or more fill materials located between the nanowires. Each of the nanowires including a first end and a second end. The nanowires are substantially parallel to each other and are fixed in position relative to each other by the one or more fill materials. Each of the one or more fill materials is associated with a thermal conductivity less than 50 Watts per meter per degree Kelvin. And, the matrix is associated with at least a sublimation temperature and a melting temperature, the sublimation temperature and the melting temperature each being above 350° C.