The effect of Schottky barrier lowering and nonplanar emitter geometry on the performance of a thermionic energy converter

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 4-8, 2006, Pages 870-874

  Smith, J R ^a   Nemanich, R J ^a   Bilbro, G L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond properties and applications; Field enhancement; Schottky barrier lowering; Thermionic energy conversion

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; THERMIONIC EMISSION; VACUUM;

DIAMOND PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; SCHOTTKY BARRIER LOWERING; THERMIONIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

EID: 33646251583     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2005.12.057     Document Type: Article

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