Patent ID: 11957053
Assignee: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for forming an electrical power source element, comprising:
providing a first conductor of a first conductive material, the first conductor having a first facing surface;
surface conditioning the first facing surface of the first conductor to have a comparatively low work function value measured in electron volts (eV);
providing a second conductor formed of a second conductive material, the second conductor having a first facing surface, the first facing surface of the second conductor having a work function value in a range of at least 1.0 eV greater than the work function value of the surface conditioned first facing surface of the first conductor; and
arranging the second conductor such that the first facing surface of the second conductor faces the first facing surface of the first conductor, the second conductor being arranged to form a gap between the first facing surface of the first conductor and the first facing surface of the second conductor, the gap being in a range of 200 angstroms or less in thickness, wherein the electrical power source generates an electric potential between the first conductor and the second conductor via electron migration.