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physics.app-ph2020★ 16 cited
Comprehensive Energy Balance Analysis of Photon-Enhanced Thermionic Power Generation Considering Concentrated Solar Absorption Distribution
A. N. M. Taufiq Elahi, Mohammad Ghashami, Devon Jensen +1
The present article reports a comprehensive energy balance analysis of a photon-enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) device when it is used for concentrated solar power (CSP) genera…
physics.app-ph2019★ 30 cited
Revisiting Submicron-Gap Thermionic Power Generation Based on Comprehensive Charge and Thermal Transport Modeling
Devon Jensen, Mohammad Ghashami, Keunhan Park
Over the past years, thermionic energy conversion (TEC) with a reduced inter-electrode vacuum gap has been studied as an effective way to mitigate a large potential barrier due to…