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Photon-Enhanced Thermionic Emission

Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
13-066
Contractor
Univ politecnica Madrid
Start Date
End Date
Country
Spain
Description

The photon enhanced thermionic emitter is a new solar energy harvester suitable for operations at high temperatures. We propose the use of a bio-inspired light-trapping structure to enhance the solar flux collection

Keywords
Ariadna
BepiColombo
Interdisciplinary
Solar panels
Solar system
Sun
Executive summary