Embodiments relate to a flight vehicle structural component for nano-scale energy converters and thermionic power harvesting devices. The apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode to provide an inter-electrode gap between the first and second electrodes, and a plurality of nanoparticles suspended in a medium contained in the inter-electrode gap, the nanoparticles arranged in the inter-electrode gap to permit electron transfer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The flight vehicle structural component is operable as an energy harvesting device and configured to define a skin, a portion of the skin, a structural support, or a portion of the structural support of a flight vehicle.
Flight Vehicle Structural Components, and Flight Vehicles Including the Same
2021-09-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
FLIGHT VEHICLE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, AND FLIGHT VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAME
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