Thermionic refrigeration

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Abstract

A refrigerator is described that is based upon thermionic emission. Room-temperature refrigeration is efficient when the work function of the anode is about 0.3-0.4 eV but those low values are unattainable. The refrigerator only operates at higher temperatures.

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Mahan, G. D. (1994). Thermionic refrigeration. Journal of Applied Physics, 76(7), 4362–4366. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.357324

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