Progress toward high power output in thermionic energy converters

MF Campbell, TJ Celenza, F Schmitt… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermionic energy converters are solid‐state heat engines that have the potential to
produce electricity with efficiencies of over 30% and area‐specific power densities of 100 …

[HTML][HTML] Solid state generators and energy harvesters for waste heat recovery and thermal energy harvesting

D Zabek, F Morini - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2019 - Elsevier
This review covers solid state thermal to electrical energy converters capable of transforming
low grade heat directly into electricity for waste heat recovery and thermal energy …

Graphene thermionic energy converter integrated with two-stage thermoelectric generator for energy cascade utilization

Z Zhang, Y Huang, S Lu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
For the purpose of energy cascade utilization, a new coupling system consisting of a
graphene-based thermionic energy converter and a two-stage thermoelectric generator is …

Graphene thermionic energy converter combined with an absorption heat transformer for electricity generation and thermal upgrading

S Lu, Y Huang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
To improve energy utilization by recycling waste heat, a novel hybrid system composed of a
graphene-based thermionic energy converter (GTEC) and an absorption heat transformer …

Effect of quantum reflection over the barrier on thermionic refrigeration

Z Zhang, Z Peng, Z Ma, C Zhang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We study the effect of quantum reflection over the barrier (ROB) in a thermionic cooling
device. We find that the performance of refrigerators can be enhanced by the ROB effect if …

Anisotropic thermionic response of Weyl semimetals with application in thermionic cooling

JW Zuber, C Zhang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that Weyl semimetals can exhibit intriguing thermionic properties. The
emission current varies significantly in systems with different Weyl point separation, the key …

Electronic states of monocesium monoxide and its ions

S Koudjeti, B Mehnen, S Azizi, SB Yaghlane… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2020 - Elsevier
We applied advanced ab initio treatments and large atomic basis sets to characterize the
cesium oxide diatomic molecule (CsO) and its cation (CsO+) and anion (CsO−). We …

[PDF][PDF] Долговечность молекулярно-напыленных оксидных катодов в циклотронных защитных устройствах

ГА Жабин, ИП Иваненко - Прикладная физика, 2020 - applphys.orion-ir.ru
Представлены результаты исследования долговечности молекулярно-напыленных
оксидных катодов в циклотронных защитных устройствах. Методами атомно-силовой …

[PDF][PDF] Thermal Science and Engineering Progress

D Zabek, F Morini - core.ac.uk
This review covers solid state thermal to electrical energy converters capable of transforming
low grade heat directly into electricity for waste heat recovery and thermal energy …

[PDF][PDF] First-Principles Exploration of Thermodynamically Stable Cs-O Compounds

J Park, L Zhang, M Yoon - Bulletin of the American Physical …, 2018 - sces.phys.utk.edu
We performed global structure searches of Cs–O compounds with different stoichiometries
(CsO, Cs2O, and Cs3O). For each composition, 4~ 6 (meta) stable structures were identified …