Patents by Inventor Jared W. Schwede

Jared W. Schwede has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for tuning work function using surface photovoltage and producing ultra-low-work-function surfaces, and devices operational therewith
    Patent number: 11205554
    Abstract: The embodiments provide a thermionic emission device and a method for tuning a work function in a thermionic emission device is provided. The method includes illuminating an N type semiconductor material of a first member of a thermionic emission device, wherein a work function of the N type semiconductor material is lowered by the illuminating. The method includes collecting, on one of the first member or a second member of the thermionic emission device, electrons emitted from one of the first member or the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Daniel Riley, Kunal Sahasrabuddhe, Igor Bargatin, Jared W. Schwede, Zhi-Xun Shen, Nicholas A. Melosh