TITLE:
New Method of Thermal Energy—To Electrical Energy Conversion in Vacuum Devices with the Metal—Dielectric Nanofilm Electron Sources
AUTHORS:
V. E. Ptitsin
KEYWORDS:
Energy Conversion, Thermionic Emission, Metal-Dielectric Nanofilm, Nanostructures, Abnormal Thermal Field Electron Emission
JOURNAL NAME:
Materials Sciences and Applications,
Vol.9 No.13,
December
26,
2018
ABSTRACT: New method of thermal energy—to electrical energy conversion in vacuum devices
with the metal (W)—dielectric nanofilm (ZrO2) electron
source is offered and studied. According to estimates and results of modeling, the energy effectiveness (χ) of the proposed method may exceed χ for the known thermionic energy conversion method to 2 - 3 orders of magnitude.