Photo-and thermionic emission from potassium-intercalated single-walled carbon nanotube arrays

2008 Proceedings of 3rd Energy Nanotechnology International Conference, ENIC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-10

  Westover, Tyler L ^a   Fisher, Timothy S ^a   Franklin, Aaron D ^a   Reifenberger, Ronald G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali metal intercalation; Carbon nanotubes; Photoemission; Solar energy conversion; Thermionic emission

Indexed keywords

DEINTERCALATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EMITTED ELECTRON; EMITTER MATERIALS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; HEMISPHERICAL ELECTRON ENERGY; LOW WORK FUNCTION; ND : YAG LASERS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; POTASSIUM ATOMS; SINGLE-WALLED; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SMALL-DIAMETER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL EXCITATION; THERMIONIC ELECTRON EMISSION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTOEMISSION; POTASSIUM; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMIONIC EMISSION; WORK FUNCTION;

THERMIONIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 70349934400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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