US 11,843,277 B2
Hybrid-energy apparatus, system, and method therefor
Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Calgary (CA); Sajjad Makhdoomi Kaviri, Calgary (CA); Behzad Poorali, Calgary (CA); Hadis Hajebrahimi, Calgary (CA); Hamid Pahlevaninezhad, Calgary (CA); Afshin Shahanlizad, Calgary (CA); and Sam Scherwitz, Heritage Pointe (CA)
Assigned to 10644137 CANADA INC., Calgary (CA)
Filed by 10644137 CANADA INC., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,481.
Application 17/953,481 is a continuation of application No. 17/620,658, granted, now 11,502,540, previously published as PCT/CA2020/050848, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/862,898, filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021665 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/35 (2013.01) [H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric recycling structure comprising:
a heat-conductive first component for engaging a heat source for receiving heat generated therefrom;
a second component spaced from the first component; and
a heat-nonconductive and electrons-and-holes-transportive thermoelectric layer sandwiched between the first and second components for receiving the heat from the first component and converting the received heat to electrical power;
wherein the thermoelectric layer comprises one or more thermoelectric components made of one or more two-dimensional (2D) materials.