Title :
Numerical modeling of the field emission nanoscale stand-alone devices for conversion of thermal energy (T ∼ 300K) to electrical energy
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Anal. Instrum., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
New thermal field electron emission energy conversion method for vacuum electron-optical systems (EOS) with a nanostructured surface electron sources is developed. Physical and numerical modeling of an electron emission and transport processes for different EOS was carried out. Studies have shown that nanoscale thermal field emission EOS can be used to design and create stand-alone devices converting environmental thermal energy (T~300K) into electrical energy.
Keywords :
design engineering; electro-optical devices; electron field emission; numerical analysis; thermoelectric conversion; electron emission process; electron transport process; field emission nanoscale stand-alone device numerical model; nanoscale thermal field emission EOS; nanostructured surface electron source; standalone device design; thermal energy to electrical energy conversion; thermal field electron emission energy conversion method; vacuum EOS; vacuum electron-optical systems; Electron emission; Elementary particle vacuum; Energy conversion; Nanoscale devices; Nanotubes; Numerical models; Quantum dots; energy conversion; nanostructures; nanotubes; quantum dots; thermal field electron emission;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2015 28th International
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-9356-0
DOI :
10.1109/IVNC.2015.7225520
