ShareSemiconductors are cool.
Author(s) : VINING C. B.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Following the development of semiconductors in the 1950s, it was found that replacing the metal wires with semiconductors improved the efficiency of thermocouples by more than an order of magnitude. New improvements are presented with the performances obtained.
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- Original title: Semiconductors are cool.
- Record ID : 2002-2313
- Languages: English
- Source: Nature - vol. 413 - n. 6856
- Publication date: 2001/10/11
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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