A device for converting heat into electrical energy that is an integrated combination of thermionic and thermoelectric energy converters in a single device, or “TITE”. The electron output of thermionic portion of the TITE is the input of the thermoelectric portion of the device. The electron collector...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8159108?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8159108 - Integrated thermoelectric/ thermionic energy converter
Integrated thermoelectric/ thermionic energy converter
