DocumentCode
2381101
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
fYear
1997
fDate
26-29 Aug 1997
Firstpage
661
Lastpage
663
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Thermoelectrics, 1997. Proceedings ICT '97. XVI International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dresden
ISSN
1094-2734
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4057-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICT.1997.667616
Filename
667616
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