Self-regenerating Nanotips: Indestructable Field-emission Cathodes for Low-power Electric Propulsion

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyon B. King
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Field Emission Cathodes

Diamond field-emission cathodes

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.W. Geis ◽  
J.C. Twichell ◽  
N.N. Efremow ◽  
K.E. Ekrohn ◽  
C. Marchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Emission ◽  
Field Emission Cathodes

Characteristics of liquid film on the tip surface of indium field-emission electric propulsion thrusters

2017 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 908-915
Author(s):  
Dengshuai Guo ◽  
Xiaoming Kang ◽  
Xinyu Liu ◽  
Weiguo He
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Coordinate System ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Liquid Film Thickness ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Field Emission Electric Propulsion

The characteristics of the propellant film on the tip surface of the field-emission electric propulsion thruster have a close relationship with the work state of the thruster. In this paper, the distributions of both the liquid film thickness and the fluid velocity along the needle tip have been calculated by building the liquid mechanics equations and a cone coordinate system suitable for the tip. The results show that the film thickness is tens to hundreds of nanometers and the fluid velocity along the needle tip is from tens of µm/s to a few mm/s.

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