TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-typical temperature distribution in p-n structure under thermoelectric cooling
AU - Gurevich, Yu G.
AU - Lashkevych, I.
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - The physical peculiarities of the thermoelectric cooling phenomenon by an electric current in p-n structures of thermally thick structure in the linear approximation are investigated. It is shown the possibility of the realization of an exotic distribution of the temperatures of electrons, holes, and phonons: the thermoelectric cooling takes place near the p-n interface and in the subsystems of charged quasi-particles only. The phonon subsystem stays in the equilibrium state. The prerequisites to such situation are examined.
AB - The physical peculiarities of the thermoelectric cooling phenomenon by an electric current in p-n structures of thermally thick structure in the linear approximation are investigated. It is shown the possibility of the realization of an exotic distribution of the temperatures of electrons, holes, and phonons: the thermoelectric cooling takes place near the p-n interface and in the subsystems of charged quasi-particles only. The phonon subsystem stays in the equilibrium state. The prerequisites to such situation are examined.
KW - Temperature distribution
KW - Thermal transport
KW - Thermoelectric cooling
KW - Two-temperature approximation
KW - p-n junction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69849094311&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.03.004
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1290-0729
VL - 48
SP - 2080
EP - 2084
JO - International Journal of Thermal Sciences
JF - International Journal of Thermal Sciences
IS - 11
ER -