Title :
Multilayer thermionic refrigeration
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
fDate :
Aug. 29 1999-Sept. 2 1999
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;
Conference_Titel :
Thermoelectrics, 1999. Eighteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5451-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.1999.843457
