Title :
New physical point of view on the Peltier effect
Author :
Titov, O.Yu. ; De la Cruz, G. Gonzalez ; Logvinov, G.N. ; Gurevich, Yu.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract :
We bring to your notice a novel physical point of view on the Peltier effect which is appropriate for any type of contact. Peltier heating or cooling are the work of built-in contact electric and valence forces on moving charges and the generation (or recombination) in space charge region
Keywords :
Fermi level; Peltier effect; contact potential; electron-hole recombination; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; p-n junctions; semiconductor-metal boundaries; Fermi level; Peltier cooling; Peltier effect; Peltier heating; built-in contact electric forces; built-in contact valence forces; degenerate gas; electron-hole generation; electron-hole recombination; metal-semiconductor contact; moving charges; p-n junction; space charge region; Charge carrier processes; Charge carriers; Electrons; Energy measurement; Kinetic energy; Physics; Radiative recombination; Resistance heating; Space heating; Thermoelectricity;
Conference_Titel :
Thermoelectrics, 1997. Proceedings ICT '97. XVI International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4057-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.1997.667616
