Measurements of cooling by room-temperature thermionic emission across a nanometer gap

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4690-4696

  Hishinuma, Yoshikazu ^a   Geballe, Theodore H ^a   Moyzhes, Boris Y ^a   Kenny, Thomas W ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMIONIC EMISSION; THERMOMETERS;

INTEGRATED THERMOMETERS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142025570     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1606852     Document Type: Article

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