Nanocrystalline Diamond-based Hybrid Thermionic Electron Emitters Hasselt University
The goal of this project is to investigate the thermionic electron emission properties of (i) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) coated with nitrogen and phosphorus doped nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films and (ii) NCD films implanted with metal ions. Thermionic emission provides direct energy conversion of thermal energy into electric energy by providing the energy required for electrons to escape from a material's surface into vacuum, inducing a flow of ...