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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120037217 | DISCRIMINATING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION BASED ON ANGLE OF INCIDENCE The present invention provides systems, articles, and methods for discriminating electromagnetic radiation based upon the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation. In some cases, the materials and systems described herein can be capable of inhibiting reflecti... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120024359 | THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM A thermophotovoltaic system is described. The thermophotovoltaic system includes a chamber body, an emitter, a filter and a photovoltaic cell. The chamber body has an ellipsoid chamber including a first focus and a second focus. The emitter is disposed on the first focu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110284059 | THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY GENERATION Inventive systems and methods for the generation of energy using thermophotovoltaic cells are described. Also described are systems and methods for selectively emitting electromagnetic radiation from an emitter for use in thermophotovoltaic energy generation systems. In... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110259399 | Electric Power Generation Method Using Solar Cells and Photovoltaic Power Generation System A photovoltaic power generation system includes a plurality of power generation panels and a power conditioner. The power generation panels and a radiation source are placed in a solar cell storage room buried typically in the ground. The radiation source includes radio... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110209748 | Thermally resistant spacers for a submicron gap thermo-photo-voltaic device and method A micron gap thermo-photo-voltaic device including a photovoltaic substrate, a heat source substrate, and a plurality of spacers separating the photovoltaic substrate from the heat source substrate by a submicron gap. Each spacer includes an elongated thin-walled struct... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110126889 | UP AND DOWN CONVERSION SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE OR OTHER ENERGY CONVERSION A system and a conversion element for power conversion. The power conversion system includes a power conversion device which produces electric power upon illumination and includes a light conversion device which down-converts and up-converts a radiant source of energy i... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110100439 | RADIOISOTOPE POWER SOURCE A radioisotope power sources that includes radioisotope nanoparticles and scintillator materials. An embodiment of the radioisotope power source includes radioisotope nanoparticles suspended within a polycrystalline scintillator; additional polycrystalline scintillator ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110094572 | THERMO-PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATOR FOR EFFICIENTLY CONVERTING THERMAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRIC ENERGY A thermo-photovoltaic power generator for efficiently converting thermal energy into electric energy including a selective thermal emitter having micropatterned structures for receiving thermal energy and emitting thermal radiation with black body emissivity over a rang... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20090188549 | Method of and apparatus for improved thermophotonic generation of electricity A thermophotonic method and generator of photovoltaic current wherein preferably a thermal source supplemented by photon flux as generated in an interposed semiconductor LED or the like is vacuum-spaced from a photovoltaic semiconductor surface by a gap of the order of ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090014059 | Thermophotovoltaic electrical generation systems A thermophotovoltaic electricity generating system having a heat source generating a thermal emission having a plurality of wavelengths. There is an optical filter filtering the thermal emission into a filtered emission. There is also a thermophotovoltaic device receivi... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080245407 | POWER SOURCE Process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, and improvements thereto, with particular regard to generating electrical power. Representatively, the method can include: increasing temperature of a surface to produce radiation, a portion of the radiation having a... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080006323 | Photovoltaic Module A photovoltaic module includes an encapsulated photovoltaic element and an infrared transmissive decorative overlay simulating conventional roofing.... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070235076 | CARBON NANOTUBE/NANOWIRE THERMO-PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL The present invention relates to embodiments of TPV cell structures based on carbon nanotube and nanowire materials. One embodiment according to the present invention is a p-n junction carbon nanotube/nanowire TPV cell, which is formed by p-n junction wires. A second em... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070221265 | Rechargeable lithium/water, lithium/air batteries Electrochemical cells, and more specifically, rechargeable batteries comprising lithium anodes for use in water and/or air environments, as well as non-aqueous and non-air environments, are presented. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes an anode comprisi... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20060260677 | Polypropylene silicate nanocomposites Nanoadditive is constituted of organophilic polymer or copolymer covalently bonded by linking group to silicate and is blended with polypropylene to produce nanocomposite which is useful in all cases where polypropylene is used and resists breakage and is not flammable ... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060185723 | Method of manufacturing a nuclear-cored battery A manufacturing process of a nuclear cored battery having steps of processing a nuclear core, and creating a ceramic phosphor slurry material and combining them to form a homogenous mixture. The homogeneous mixture is then placed into a spray dryer in order to create a ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185718 | High energy photon power source An energy cell, employed as a passive energy source, takes advantage of the differing electrical properties of metals to produce an induced electromagnetic force charge when exposed to dosages of high energy photons such as x-ray or gamma rays. ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185719 | Nuclear-cored battery A nuclear-cored battery having a nuclear core that emits radiation and is surrounded by a ceramic phosphor material having a structural defect such that the ceramic material within the ceramic phosphor material is used to shield and absorb the radiation emitted by the n... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185720 | Method of recycling a nuclear-cored battery A method of recycling a nuclear-cored battery having the steps of placing a nuclear-cored battery into a mill to break the battery into smaller pieces. These pieces then undergo a burning process that heats the pieces to melt away P and N layers and a photovoltaic layer... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185721 | Layered nuclear-cored battery A layered battery having a nuclear-cored energy source. The layered battery is created by spraying P and N layers on a plurality of nuclear-cored energy producing spheres that are in the form of a powder. The spraying of the P and N layers forms a sheet of material havi... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185722 | Method of pre-selecting the life of a nuclear-cored product A method of pre-selecting the life span of a nuclear-cored product. The method comprises providing a product that uses a nuclear-cored energy source and then determining a pre-selected occurrence. When this pre-selected occurrence happens a timing mechanism in the produ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060185724 | Super electromagnet A nuclear-cored magnet having a nuclear core that emits radiation and is surrounded by a ceramic phosphor material having a structural defect such that the ceramic material within the ceramic phosphor material is used to shield and absorb the radiation emitted by the nu... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060107995 | Thermophotovoltaic device A thermophotovoltaic device (10) includes an energy source (12) compatible with thermophotovoltaic cells and thermophotovoltaic cells (14). A filter (16), adapted to filter out long wavelength energy, is positioned between the energy source (... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060042683 | System and method for mounting photovoltaic cells A system for mounting photovoltaic cells on a surface and utilizing the energy produced therefrom. Several cells are connected in series to produce DC power. The DC power is converted to AC power suitable for use in utility lines. The cells are pigmented to ensure effic... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060016471 | Thermally resistant spacers for a submicron gap thermo-photo-voltaic device and method A micron gap thermo-photo-voltaic device including a photovoltaic substrate, a heat source substrate, and a plurality of spacers separating the photovoltaic substrate from the heat source substrate by a submicron gap. Each spacer includes an elongated thin-walled struct... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050236034 | System and methods for generating electrical energy A system and method for generating electrical energy are disclosed. A fuel cell generates a first source of electrical energy and thermal energy as a by-product. The thermal energy is presented to an advanced, thermophotovoltaic (A-TPV) converter as radiant infrared (IR... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050155639 | Electricity generator device including a combustor martix of porous semi-conductor material The device includes a combustor comprising an inlet chamber or region intended to receive a flow of fuel and a combustion supporter at high pressure, an outlet chamber or region or combustion product exhaust at relatively lower pressure, and at least one separation elem... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050126623 | Thin layer energy system The combination of at least one thin layer energy storage system with at least one thin layer energy converter is disclosed. Solar cells are preferably applied as energy converters and particularly preferred are those having at least one organic functional polymer and/o... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050126624 | Hybrid system for generating power A hybrid system for generating electrical power. The hybrid system includes a photovoltaic array for collecting and converting solar radiation into electrical power, an apparatus for producing power from a source of liquid fuel, the apparatus including at least one capi... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050121069 | Thermophotovoltaic power supply A microthermophotovoltaic (micro-TPV) system is a novel micro power device. The system fully utilizes the high surface-to-volume ratio of a microcombustor, and is able to deliver and electrical power output of 0.5-10 W in a package of the order of centimeters. The syste... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050109387 | System and method for thermal to electric conversion A system and method for lower cost, solar thermal generation includes a thermal input block, and an energy storage block. ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109386 | System and method for enhanced thermophotovoltaic generation A system and method for lower cost, high efficiency, thermophotovoltaic distributed generation includes: an emitter, a photovoltaic cell, and transient electrical energy storage. ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050074646 | Apparatus and method for solid oxide fuel cell and thermo photovoltaic converter based power generation system A method and apparatus for providing a source of power, comprising: a solid oxide fuel cell system and a thermo photovoltaic device. The solid oxide fuel cell system provides a first source of power, wherein the solid oxide fuel cell system produces heat waste when the ... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050072460 | GaAs substrate with Sb buffering for high in devices GaAs substrates with compositionally graded buffer layers for matching lattice constants with high-Indium semiconductor materials such as quantum well infrared photoconductor devices and thermo photo voltaic devices are disclosed. ... | 04/07/2005 |
