DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING HEAT AND/OR RADIATION ENERGY INTO ELECTRIC ENERGY

A device for converting heat and/or radiation energy into electric energy. The device is comprised of a gastight chamber and at least one electrochemical cell arranged in said gastight chamber, which consists of an anode and a cathode, an electrolyte being placed between the former and the latter an...

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1. Verfasser:	HENZE, WERNER
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Zusammenfassung:	A device for converting heat and/or radiation energy into electric energy. The device is comprised of a gastight chamber and at least one electrochemical cell arranged in said gastight chamber, which consists of an anode and a cathode, an electrolyte being placed between the former and the latter and the terminal leads being guided outward. The gastight chamber and the elctrochemical cell contain a gas or gas mixture, to which energy in the form of heat (Delta) and/or radiation (hnu) can be fed, wherein the gas or gas mixture comprises a molecular and a dissociated fraction, the proportion of which depends on the temperature and produces a difference in potential between the anode and the cathode.