Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology request
- POD Reference
- TRDE20240918020
- Term of Validity
- 22 October 2024 - 22 October 2025
- Company's Country
- Germany
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A German physician and inventor having a track record of surface modification, i.e. boundary layer engineering, has developed a solid state device for the conversion of heat into electricity, a.k.a. Heat_to_Power H2P. Current hand made devices have a power density of 0,7 mW/cm2 at 60°C and consist of abundant and safe materials. The innovator is looking for scientific as well as industrial partners in order to exploit the entire potential of this new kind of ‚´energy converter`.
- Full Description
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An innovator in the south of Germany has developed over several years a solid state device for the conversion of heat into electricity, a.k.a. Heat_to_Power H2P.
The device is an in-between of SEEBECKs ‚´thermo electric generators‘ TEGs and RICHARDSON-DUSHMANs ´thermionic energy converters‘ TECs.
Instead of two types of semiconductors, as in TEGs, only one type of semiconductor is used – the ‚vacuum gap‘, characteristic of TECs, is lacking. Used materials are matched according to their crystallographic and energy properties.
The innovator is looking for scientific as well as industrial partners in order to exploit the entire potential of this new kind of energy converter.
A research and development cooperation agreement is envisaged. - Advantages and Innovations
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- (Mass) production is comparable to well known capacitor production.
- Only abundant and non-toxic materials are used.
- Temperature range is from room temperature up to 1.200 °C. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- TRL 3-4
- Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Partner should be established in electronic industry, shall have R&D capacity to fine_tune materials for low and high temperature applications with the ultimate goal to produce and bring the devices worldwide to the market.
- Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04002012 - Other energy related machinery
- Market keywords
- 06007001 - Other energy production
- Sector Groups Involved
- Energy-Intensive Industries
- Targeted countries
- All countries