Accession Number:

AD0270799

Title:

SEMICONDUCTOR THERMOELEMENTS (SELECTED CHAPTERS)

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• IOFFE,A.F.

Report Date:

1962-01-18

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Contents Selection of material for thermoelements Maximum-efficiency conditions for thermo elements Carrier mobility Thermal conductivity Mechanism of carrier scattering Thermoelectric properties of solid solutions Optimum carrier concentration Optimum parameters of the material as a func tion of effective mass and absolute temper ature Liquid, gaseous, and vacuum-type thermoelements Liquid thermoelements Gaseous thermoele ents Vacuum thermoelements Present state of thermoelements and prospects immediate future

Descriptors:

• *SEMICONDUCTORS
• *THERMOELECTRICITY
• ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
• GASES
• LIQUIDS
• MATERIALS
• POWER SUPPLIES
• SOLAR CELLS
• SOLID STATE PHYSICS
• SOLIDS
• THEORY
• THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
• THERMIONIC EMISSION
• VACUUM APPARATUS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE