NASA NTRS · 19770030010
Advanced thermionic converter development
Abstract
Recent progress at Thermo Electron in developing advanced thermionic converters is summarized with particular attention paid to the development of electrodes, diodes, and triodes. It is found that one class of materials (ZnO, BaO and SrO) provides interesting cesiated work functions (1.3-1.4 eV) without additional oxygen. The second class of materials studied (rare earth oxides and hexaborides) gives cesiated/oxygenated work functions of less than 1.2 eV. Five techniques of oxygen addition to thermionic converters are discussed. Vapor deposited tungsten oxide collector diodes and the reflux converter are considered.
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Huffman, F. N., Lieb, D., Briere, T. R., Sommer, A. H., Rufeh, F.. 1976-01-01. Advanced thermionic converter development. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770030010
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