Considerations for a high-performance thermionic energy conversion device based on a negative electron affinity emitter

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Smith, Joshua Ryan ^a   Bilbro, Griff L ^b   Nemanich, Robert J ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37749005063     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.245327     Document Type: Article

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