Low-workfunction photocathodes based on acetylide compounds
Abstract
A low-workfunction photocathode includes a photoemissive material employed as a coating on the photocathode. The photoemissive material includes A.sub.nMC.sub.2, where A is a first metal element, the first element is an alkali metal, an alkali-earth element or the element Al; n is an integer that is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; M is a second metal element, the second metal element is a transition metal or a metal stand-in; and C.sub.2 is the acetylide ion C.sub.2.sup.2-. The photoemissive material includes a crystalline structure or non-crystalline structure of rod-like or curvy 1-dimensional polymeric substructures with MC.sub.2 repeating units embedded in a matrix of A.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1132049
- Patent Number(s):
- 8729799
- Application Number:
- 13/688,605
- Assignee:
- U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Nov 29
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Terdik, Joseph Z, Spentzouris, Linda, Terry, Jr., Jeffrey H, Harkay, Katherine C, Nemeth, Karoly, and Srajer, George. Low-workfunction photocathodes based on acetylide compounds. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Terdik, Joseph Z, Spentzouris, Linda, Terry, Jr., Jeffrey H, Harkay, Katherine C, Nemeth, Karoly, & Srajer, George. Low-workfunction photocathodes based on acetylide compounds. United States.
Terdik, Joseph Z, Spentzouris, Linda, Terry, Jr., Jeffrey H, Harkay, Katherine C, Nemeth, Karoly, and Srajer, George. Tue .
"Low-workfunction photocathodes based on acetylide compounds". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1132049.
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title = {Low-workfunction photocathodes based on acetylide compounds},
author = {Terdik, Joseph Z and Spentzouris, Linda and Terry, Jr., Jeffrey H and Harkay, Katherine C and Nemeth, Karoly and Srajer, George},
abstractNote = {A low-workfunction photocathode includes a photoemissive material employed as a coating on the photocathode. The photoemissive material includes A.sub.nMC.sub.2, where A is a first metal element, the first element is an alkali metal, an alkali-earth element or the element Al; n is an integer that is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; M is a second metal element, the second metal element is a transition metal or a metal stand-in; and C.sub.2 is the acetylide ion C.sub.2.sup.2-. The photoemissive material includes a crystalline structure or non-crystalline structure of rod-like or curvy 1-dimensional polymeric substructures with MC.sub.2 repeating units embedded in a matrix of A.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2014},
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