STUDY OF MATERIALS FOR THERMIONIC CONVERTERS.

Abstract

Contents: Electrode Materials: Surface phenomena, Possible mechanism for (Ba, Sr) O cathode, Effect of purity and crystallographic plane, Properties of metalloids, New materials possessing a high or low work function; Adsorption on Semiconductors: Presence of surface states, Boundary layer phenomena; Development of Long Lived, Low Work Function Collectors for Cesium Thermionic Converters: Necessity for low work function collectors, Processing of collector, Thermochemical considerations.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1963
Accession Number
AD0428003

Entities

People

  • Harold Homonoff
  • Stanley Ruby

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Adsorption
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Converters
  • Electrodes
  • Electronics
  • Layers
  • Materials
  • Metalloids
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Thermionic Converters
  • Two-Dimensional Materials
  • Work Functions

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene