Semiconductors are cool

被引:90
作者
Vining, CB [1 ]
机构
[1] ZT Serv, Auburn, AL 36830 USA
关键词
Electron tubes - Refrigerators - Thermocouples;
D O I
10.1038/35098159
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In the 1950s there were hopes that semiconductor thermocouples would replace mechanical refrigerators, just as semiconductor transistors supplanted vacuum tubes. New materials may bring that goal a bit closer.
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页码:577 / 578
页数:2
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Dubois L. H., 1999, Eighteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Proceedings, ICT'99 (Cat. No.99TH8407), P1, DOI 10.1109/ICT.1999.843320
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