A new model for the mechanism of operation of scandate and refractory oxide cathodes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1247-1254

  Brodie, Ivor ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxygen compounds; physics; space charge; thermionic emission; uncertainty; work function

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC COMPONENTS; BAND GAPS; CHILD'S LAW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; NEW MODEL; PER UNIT; PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; REFRACTORY OXIDES; SCANDATE CATHODES; SCANDATES; SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES; SPACE CHARGE; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RESISTANCE; TOP-LAYER SCANDATE CATHODE; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

BARIUM; ELECTRODES; MONOLAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; THERMIONIC EMISSION; WORK FUNCTION;

THERMIONIC CATHODES;

EID: 79953069854     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2011.2107743     Document Type: Article

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