Solid-state and vacuum thermionic energy conversion

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 886, Issue , 2006, Pages 245-260

  Shakouri, A ^a   Bian, Z ^a   Singh, R ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Vashaee, D ^a   Humphrey, T E ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Zide, J M ^b   Zeng, G ^b   Bahk, J H ^b   Gossard, A C ^b   Bowers, J E ^b   Rawat, V ^c   Sands, T D ^c   Kim, W ^d   Singer, S ^d   Majumdar, A ^d   Mayer, P M ^e   Ram, R J ^e   Russel, K J ^f   Narayanamurti, V ^f   Koeck, F A M ^g   Li, X ^g   Park, J S ^g   Smith, J R ^g   Bilbro, G L ^g   Davis, R F ^g   Sitar, Z ^g   Nemanich, R J ^g   more..

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON FILTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR MULTILAYERS; THERMIONIC ENERGY CONVERSION (TEC); THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CURRENT DENSITY; DIAMONDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SOLID STATE DEVICES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMIONIC EMISSION; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

THERMIONIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 33646266949     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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