Thermionic converters based on nanostructured carbon materials

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 607-613

  Koeck, Franz A M ^a   Wang, Yunyu ^a   Nemanich, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CVD; Diamond; Doping; Electron emission; Energy conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751228389     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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