Microfabricated silicon carbide thermionic energy converter for solar electricity generation

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1261-1264

  Lee, Jae Hyung ^a   Bargatin, Igor ^a   Gwinn, Thomas O ^a   Vincent, Maxime ^b   Littau, Karl A ^a   Maboudian, Roya ^b   Shen, Z X ^a   Melosh, Nicholas A ^a   Howe, Roger T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL POWER; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; MICROFABRICATED; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; OPTICAL POWER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RICHARDSON-DUSHMAN EQUATION; SOLAR ELECTRICITY; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMIONIC CURRENTS; THERMIONIC ENERGY CONVERTERS;

CATHODES; CESIUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MEMS; MICROFABRICATION; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 84860453889     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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