SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING ENERGY WITH AN ENHANCED ELECTRIC FIELD

摘要

The invention relates to an energy conversion system, including a first electrode (106), a second electrode (107), and an inter-electrode gap (11) therebetween that includes a functional medium, wherein the first electrode (106) is made of at least one elongate electrically conductive means having a total length L, a curved cross-section, and a radius of curvature R, and arranged into a sturdy assembly structure having a more or less open pattern, capable of having the same electric potential at any location and thus of constituting said first electrode (106). The system is characterized in that R is lower than 40 x 10-6 m (40 micrometers), the inter-electrode gap has a thickness of between 1 x 10-9 m and 5 x 10-3 m (1 nanometer and 5 millimeters), the total length L of said at least one electrically conductive means of the first electrode (106) is greater than 1 x 103 m (1 kilometer), and the ratio L/R is greater than 106 (one million) such that the first electrode (106, 306) generates, at the nanometric to millimetric level, a significant increase in the electric field perceived by the second electrode (107).