Multilayer thermionic refrigerator and generator
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 83 (9), 4683-4689
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.367255
Abstract
A new method of refrigeration is proposed. Cooling is obtained by thermionic emission of electrons over periodic barriers in a multilayer geometry. These could be either Schottky barriers between metals and semiconductors or else barriers in a semiconductor superlattice. The same device is an efficient power generator. A complete theory is provided.Keywords
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