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Thermionic Energy Conversion

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Ioffe's concept of the vacuum thermo-element. Efficiency and COP in vacuum diodes used as energy convertors. Thermionic effects in solids. Ballistic transport compared with diffusion.

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    Professor H. Julian Goldsmid

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Goldsmid, H.J. (2010). Thermionic Energy Conversion. In: Introduction to Thermoelectricity. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00716-3_13

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