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Thermal transfer and power generation devices and methods of making the same

US8039726B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

25Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

An-Ping Zhang · Niskayuna, US
Fazila Seker · Clifton Park, US
Reed Roeder Corderman · Niskayuna, US
Shixue Wen · Des Plaines, US
Fred Sharifi · Niskayuna, US
Melissa Suzanne Sander · Denver, US
Craig Douglas Young · Blanchester, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 26, 2005
Grant date	Oct 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24273
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device includes a first thermally conductive substrate having a first patterned electrode disposed thereon and a second thermally conductive substrate having a second patterned electrode disposed thereon, wherein the first and second thermally conductive substrates are arranged such that the first and second patterned electrodes are adjacent to one another. The device includes a plurality of nanowires disposed between the first and second patterned electrodes, wherein the plurality of nanowires is formed of a thermoelectric material. The device also includes a joining material disposed between the plurality of nanowires and at least one of the first and second patterned electrodes.

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