DocumentCode
2008833
Title
Multilayer thermionic refrigeration
Author
Mahan, G.D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
Aug. 29 1999-Sept. 2 1999
Firstpage
584
Lastpage
589
Abstract
A review is presented of our program to construct an efficient solid state refrigerator based on thermionic emission of electrons over periodic barriers in the solid. The experimental program is to construct a simple device with one barrier layer using a three layers: metal-semiconductor-metal. The theoretical program is doing calculations to determine: (i) the optimal layer thickness, and (ii) the thermal conductivity.
Keywords
metal-semiconductor-metal structures; refrigeration; thermionic emission; metal-semiconductor-metal; multilayer thermionic refrigeration; optimal layer thickness; periodic barriers; thermal conductivity; Electrodes; Electrons; Laser ablation; Nonhomogeneous media; Refrigeration; Semiconductor films; Solid state circuits; Sputtering; Thermal conductivity; Thermionic emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Thermoelectrics, 1999. Eighteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
ISSN
1094-2734
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5451-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICT.1999.843457
Filename
843457
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