Encapsulated thermionic energy converter with stiffened suspension

Technical Digest - Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 493-496

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSYSTEMS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BARIUM OXIDES; MICROFABRICATED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUT-OF PLANE; PYREX WAFERS; SIC EMITTER; THERMIONIC CURRENTS; THERMIONIC ENERGY CONVERTERS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 84907932505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.31438/trf.hh2012.130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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