Optimal emitter-collector gap for thermionic energy converters

Describing and Correlating the Performance of the Thermionic Converter: A Historical Perspective

(2010) Paul Shefsiek   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Photon-enhanced thermionic emission for solar concentrator systems

(2010) Jared W. Schwede et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Breakdown of the Planck blackbody radiation law at nanoscale gaps

(2009) Arvind Narayanaswamy et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Size effect of nanometer vacuum gap thermionic power conversion device with CsI coated graphite electrodes

(2009) Jeong Ik Lee et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Review of near-field thermal radiation and its application to energy conversion

(2009) S. Basu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH

Surface Phonon Polaritons Mediated Energy Transfer between Nanoscale Gaps

(2009) Sheng Shen et al.   NANO LETTERS