Scientists look to thermionic energy conversion for clean and efficient power generation
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 08:50
in Physics & Chemistry
When scientists Daniel Riley and Jared Schwede left Stanford University last year to join Cyclotron Road, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) program for entrepreneurial researchers, their vision was to take thermionics, an all-but-forgotten technology, and develop it into a clean, compact, and efficient source of power.