System and method for converting chemical energy into electrical energy using nano-engineered porous network materials
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01M-004/10
H01M-008/10
B82Y-030/00
H01M-004/86
H01M-014/00
H01M-008/22
H01M-004/90
H01M-004/92
출원번호
US-0945864
(2013-07-18)
등록번호
US-9437892
(2016-09-06)
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/ 주소
Gidwani, Jawahar
Hazeghi, Arash
Lam, Andrew
Horvath, Attila
출원인 / 주소
QUSWAMI, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Kaye Scholer LLP
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An energy conversion device for conversion of chemical energy into electricity. The energy conversion device has a first and second electrode. A substrate is present that has a porous semiconductor or dielectric layer placed thereover. The porous semiconductor or dielectric layer can be a nano-engin
An energy conversion device for conversion of chemical energy into electricity. The energy conversion device has a first and second electrode. A substrate is present that has a porous semiconductor or dielectric layer placed thereover. The porous semiconductor or dielectric layer can be a nano-engineered structure. A porous catalyst material is placed on at least a portion of the porous semiconductor or dielectric layer such that at least some of the porous catalyst material enters the nano-engineered structure of the porous semiconductor or dielectric layer, thereby forming an intertwining region.
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1. An energy conversion device for conversion of chemical energy into electricity, comprising: a first electrode;a substrate connected to said first electrode;a porous semiconductor layer disposed over said substrate, said porous semiconductor layer having a nano-engineered structure;a porous cataly
1. An energy conversion device for conversion of chemical energy into electricity, comprising: a first electrode;a substrate connected to said first electrode;a porous semiconductor layer disposed over said substrate, said porous semiconductor layer having a nano-engineered structure;a porous catalyst material on at least a portion of said porous semiconductor layer, wherein at least some of the porous catalyst material enters the nano-engineered structure of the porous semiconductor layer to form an intertwining region, the porous catalyst material and the porous semiconductor layer forming solid-state junctions, the solid-state junctions are Schottky diode junctions; and a second electrode, wherein electrons from the porous catalyst material are injected into the porous semiconductor layer, and wherein an electrical potential is formed between the first electrode and a second electrode during chemical reactions between a fuel, the porous catalyst material and the porous semiconductor network. 2. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the substrate is patterned to create a three-dimensional surface, thereby providing increased surface area for chemical reactions. 3. The energy conversion device of claim 2, wherein the substrate is patterned such that nano-wires are formed. 4. The energy conversion device of claim 2, wherein the substrate is textured such that peaks and valleys are formed. 5. The energy conversion device of claim 1, further comprising a non-porous semiconductor layer is in between the substrate and the porous semiconductor layer. 6. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the porous catalyst layer is formed with nano-particles. 7. The energy conversion device of claim 1 wherein the porous catalyst layer is formed with nano-clusters. 8. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the porous catalyst layer is formed with nano-wires. 9. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the porous semiconductor layer is formed with nano-particles. 10. The energy conversion device of claim 1 wherein the porous semiconductor layer is formed with nano-clusters. 11. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the porous semiconductor layer is formed with nano-wires. 12. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the porous semiconductor layer is a porous nano-engineered structure with percolating networks. 13. The energy conversion device of claim 1, wherein the porous semiconductor layer comprises a dielectric. 14. The energy conversion device of claim 13, wherein the dielectric is a porous nano-engineered structure with percolating networks. 15. The energy conversion device of claim 13, wherein the dielectric is formed with nano-particles. 16. The energy conversion device of claim 13 wherein the dielectric is formed with nano-clusters. 17. The energy conversion device of claim 13, wherein the dielectric is formed with the nano-wires. 18. The energy conversion device of claim 1, where the nanowire array or nano-engineered porous networks/layers are chosen from a group including rutile TiO2, anatase TiO2, poly-crystalline TiO2 porous TiO2, ZrO2, SrTiO3, BaTiO3, Sr_x-Ba_y-TiO_z, LiNiO, silicon, SiC, GaN, GaAs, Ge, silica, carbon, oxides of niobium, tantalum, zirconium, cerium, tin, vanadium, and LaSrVO3, and certain organic semiconductors, such as PTCDA, or 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylicacid-dianhydride.
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