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.


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    Title :

    Flight Vehicle Structural Components, and Flight Vehicles Including the Same


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2021-09-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B32B LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM , Schichtkörper, d.h. aus Ebenen oder gewölbten Schichten, z.B. mit zell- oder wabenförmiger Form, aufgebaute Erzeugnisse



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