Output Characteristics of Solar-Power-Driven Thermionic Energy Converter

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 309-314

  Ogino, Akihisa ^a   Muramatsu, Toshiya ^a,b   Kando, Masashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier index; Multistep ionization; Solar TEC; Space potential; Surface ionlzation; Thermionic electron emission; Work function

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IONIZATION; LIGHTING; SOLAR ENERGY;

BARRIER INDEX; MULTISTEP IONIZATION; SOLAR THERMIONIC ENERGY (TEC); SPACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE IONIZATION; THERMIONIC ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; WORK FUNCTION;

THERMIONIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 1842709256     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.309     Document Type: Article

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