Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures

• Main Authors: Liang, Shi-Jun, Liu, Bo, Hu, Wei, Zhou, Kun, Ang, L. K.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Condensed-matter physics; Devices for energy harvesting
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83641; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42678
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Seeking for thermoelectric (TE) materials with high figure of merit (or ZT), which can directly converts low-grade wasted heat (400 to 500 K) into electricity, has been a big challenge. Inspired by the concept of multilayer thermionic devices, we propose and design a solid-state thermionic devices (...