A theoretical analysis of single-barrier thermionic emission cooling in semiconducting materials is performed using Fermi-Dirac statistics. Both maximum cooling and coefficient of performance are evaluated. It is shown that the performance of a thermionic refrigerator is governed by the same materials factor as thermoelectric devices. For all known materials, single-barrier thermionic refrigeration is less effective and less efficient than thermoelectric refrigeration. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
BT - Journal of Applied Physics DA - 2001/08/01/ DO - 10.1063/1.1380996 IS - 3 LA - eng N2 -A theoretical analysis of single-barrier thermionic emission cooling in semiconducting materials is performed using Fermi-Dirac statistics. Both maximum cooling and coefficient of performance are evaluated. It is shown that the performance of a thermionic refrigerator is governed by the same materials factor as thermoelectric devices. For all known materials, single-barrier thermionic refrigeration is less effective and less efficient than thermoelectric refrigeration. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
PY - 2001 SP - 1625 EP - 1631 EP - T2 - Journal of Applied Physics TI - Comparison of solid-state thermionic refrigeration with thermoelectric refrigeration UR - http://cvining.com/system/files/articles/vining/Ulrich-JAP-2001.pdf VL - 90 ER -