Physics of thermoelectric cooling: Alternative approach

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Lashkevych, Igor ^a   Cortes, Carlos ^a   Gurevich, Yuri G ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; CONVENTIONAL THEORIES; HEAT BALANCE EQUATIONS; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; NEW SOURCES; NON EQUILIBRIUMS; P-N JUNCTIONS; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; RECOMBINATION RATES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMOELECTRIC COOLING;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

EID: 62549101643     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3086629     Document Type: Article

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