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Title: Clathrate compounds and method of manufacturing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:988148

The present invention comprises new materials, material structures, and processes of fabrication of such that may be used in technologies involving the conversion of light to electricity and/or heat to electricity, and in optoelectronics technologies. The present invention provide for the fabrication of a clathrate compound comprising a type II clathrate lattice with atoms of silicon and germanium as a main framework forming lattice spacings within the framework, wherein the clathrate lattice follows the general formula Si.sub.136-yGe.sub.y, where y indicates the number of Ge atoms present in the main framework and 136-y indicates the number of Si atoms present in the main framework, and wherein y>0.

Research Organization:
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-04ER46146
Assignee:
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Patent Number(s):
7,534,414
Application Number:
12/104,016
OSTI ID:
988148
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English