Thermoelectric power source utilizing ambient energy harvesting for remote sensing and transmitting

DeSteese, John G

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Title: Thermoelectric power source utilizing ambient energy harvesting for remote sensing and transmitting

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A method and apparatus for providing electrical energy to an electrical device wherein the electrical energy is originally generated from temperature differences in an environment having a first and a second temperature region. A thermoelectric device having a first side and a second side wherein the first side is in communication with a means for transmitting ambient thermal energy collected or rejected in the first temperature region and the second side is in communication with the second temperature region thereby producing a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric device and in turn generating an electrical current.

Inventors:: DeSteese, John G

Issue Date:: 2010-11-16

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1014898

Patent Number(s):: 7834263

Application Number:: US Patent Application 10/727,062

Assignee:: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Effect of quantum-well structures on the thermoelectric figure of merit journal, May 1993

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Review of Established Materials and Devices book, January 2001

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Microstructural changes in a monostable chalcogenide switching glass journal, April 1979

Sputter Deposition of Semiconductor Superlattices for Thermoelectric Applications journal, January 1996

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Thermal conductivity and ballistic-phonon transport in the cross-plane direction of superlattices journal, June 1998

Magnetron-sputtered nanolaminate and superlattice coatings conference, October 2006

Some properties of GeTe-based thermoelectric alloys conference, January 2003

Thermoelectric figure of merit of the system (GeTe)1−x(AgSbTe2)x journal, May 1984

Nature of the cubic to rhombohedral structural transformation in (AgSbTe2)15(GeTe)85 thermoelectric material journal, March 2007

Crystallization behavior of non-stoichiometric Ge–Bi–Te ternary phase change materials for PRAM application journal, September 2007

Nanostructuring and its Influence on the Thermoelectric Properties of the AgSbTe 2 -SnTe Quaternary System journal, January 2005

Semiconductors are cool journal, October 2001

Low power thermoelectric generator-self-sufficient energy supply for micro systems conference, January 1997

Effect of deposition temperature on the structural and thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride thin films grown by co-sputtering journal, July 2006

Materials for Thermoelectric Application Based on the System GeTe-AgBiTe2 journal, March 2001

Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit journal, October 2001

Thermoelectric power in the system (GeTe)1−x(AgSbTe2)x journal, November 1983

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Thermoelectric micro devices: current state, recent developments and future aspects for technological progress and applications conference, January 2002

Effect of quantum-well structures on the thermoelectric figure of merit
journal, May 1993

Bismuth telluride compounds with high thermoelectric figures of merit
journal, January 2003

Review of Established Materials and Devices
book, January 2001

Thermoelectric properties of Tl₉BiTe₆
journal, March 2003

Microstructural changes in a monostable chalcogenide switching glass
journal, April 1979

Sputter Deposition of Semiconductor Superlattices for Thermoelectric Applications
journal, January 1996

New micro thermoelectric devices based on bismuth telluride-type thin solid films
conference, January 1999

Thermal conductivity and ballistic-phonon transport in the cross-plane direction of superlattices
journal, June 1998

Magnetron-sputtered nanolaminate and superlattice coatings
conference, October 2006

Some properties of GeTe-based thermoelectric alloys
conference, January 2003

Thermoelectric figure of merit of the system (GeTe)1−x(AgSbTe2)x
journal, May 1984

Nature of the cubic to rhombohedral structural transformation in (AgSbTe2)15(GeTe)85 thermoelectric material
journal, March 2007

Crystallization behavior of non-stoichiometric Ge–Bi–Te ternary phase change materials for PRAM application
journal, September 2007

Nanostructuring and its Influence on the Thermoelectric Properties of the AgSbTe ₂ -SnTe Quaternary System
journal, January 2005

Semiconductors are cool
journal, October 2001

Low power thermoelectric generator-self-sufficient energy supply for micro systems
conference, January 1997

Effect of deposition temperature on the structural and thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride thin films grown by co-sputtering
journal, July 2006

Materials for Thermoelectric Application Based on the System GeTe-AgBiTe2
journal, March 2001

Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit
journal, October 2001

Thermoelectric power in the system (GeTe)1−x(AgSbTe2)x
journal, November 1983

A Combustion-Based MEMS Thermoelectric Power Generator
book, January 2001

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