Efficiency in nanometre gap vacuum thermionic refrigerators

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  O'Dwyer, M F ^a   Humphrey, T E ^b   Lewis, R A ^a   Zhang, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCIES; NANOMETRE; NANOMETRES; OPTIMAL RESULTS; RADIATION LOSS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TRADE OFFS;

REFRIGERATORS;

VACUUM;

EID: 63749115719     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/3/035417     Document Type: Article

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