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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jae Hyung Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Igor Bargatin, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Bernard Vancil, Beaverton, OR (US);
Roger T. Howe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 10/00 (2006.01); H01J 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 45/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved thermionic energy converters are provided by electrodes that include a silicon carbide support structure, a tungsten adhesion layer disposed on the silicon carbide support structure, and an activation layer disposed on the tungsten adhesion layer. The activation layer is a material that lowers the electrode work function, such as BaO, SrO and/or CaO.