Accurate upper bounds for the conversion efficiency of black-body radiation energy into work

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 244, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 31-34

  Badescu, Viorel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Black body radiation; Conversion efficiency; Energy

Indexed keywords

BLACK BODY RADIATION; ENERGY; SOLID ANGLE; UPPER BOUND;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0042784341     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00288-6     Document Type: Article

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