A review of cesium thermionic converters with developed emitter surfaces

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 533-549

  Paramonov, Dmitry V ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developed surface emitter; Plasma voltage drop; Thermionic converter; Work function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001494607     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(96)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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