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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Peter Dowben, Lincoln, NE (US);
Inventor:
Peter Dowben, Lincoln, NE (US);
Assignee:
QUANTUM DEVICES, LLC, Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/28 (2006.01); H01L 35/30 (2006.01); H01L 35/22 (2006.01); B63G 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/22 (2013.01); B63G 8/08 (2013.01); H01L 35/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoelectric converter is provided where an n-type boron carbide element is paired with a p-type boron carbide element and placed between a eat sink and a high temperature are, such as the ocean in which a submarine operates, and the interior of that submarine, respectively. Boron carbide elements suitable for use in this invention are deposited from meta carborane (n-type) together with dopants to emphasize n-type character, such as chromocene, and orthocarborane, together with dopants to emphasize p-type character, such as 1,4 diaminobenzene to form the p-type element.