US Patent Issued to LightCell on Dec. 9 for "Apparatus and methods for efficient conversion of heat to electricity via emission of characteristic radiation" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,732, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LightCell Inc. (Healdsburg, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for efficient conversion of heat to electricity via emission of characteristic radiation" was invented by Danielle A. Fong (Dartmouth, Canada), Stephen E. Crane (Healdsburg, Calif.), Gregory Fong (Dartmouth, Canada) and Jonathan Mapel (Healdsburg, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for generating electricity via thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is described. High efficiency is obtained by introducing a material into a combustion chamber that emits bright near-monochromatic visible light upon heating. This light ...