Energy storage in quantum resonators

Jiaqi Liu (Inventor), Alfred W Hubler (Inventor), Samuel Alfred Foreman (Inventor), Katharina Ott (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for storing information or energy. An array of nano-capacitors is provided, where each nano-capacitor has a plurality of cathodic regions and an anode separated from each of the cathodic regions by one or more intervening dielectrics. Each nano-capacitor acts as a quantum resonator thereby suppressing electron emission. The thickness of the intervening dielectric is in the range between 0.1 nanometers and 1000 nanometers and is shorter than an electron mean free path within the dielectric. Each cathodic region is at least 100 times larger than the thickness of the intervening dielectric in every direction transverse to the thickness of the intervening dielectric. An excess of electrons is stored on the cathodic regions. The dielectric may be a metal oxide, particularly a native oxide of the cathode material.
Original languageEnglish (US)
U.S. patent number9741492
Filing date11/17/15
StatePublished - Aug 22 2017

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