Field emission cooling of thermoelectric semiconductor PbTe

M. S. Chung; A. Mayer; B. L. Weiss; N. M. Miskovsky; P. H. Cutler

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Field emission cooling of thermoelectric semiconductor PbTe

M. S. Chung, A. Mayer, B. L. Weiss, N. M. Miskovsky, P. H. Cutler

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We report a theoretical analysis of the cooling effect due to field emission from n-type PbTe, a typical thermoelectric material. We show that, by calculating the average energies of field and replacement electrons, the energy exchange in field emission from n-type PbTe always produces cooling. The resultant heat loss leads to cooling of up to a few tenths of an electron volt per field emitted electron. For n-type PbTe, the Nottingham energy exchange in field emission can be comparable to or greater than the Peltier coefficient.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	243502
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3599850
State	Published - Jun 13 2011

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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