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The share of thermal energy taken from the surroundings in the electro-luminescent energy radiated from ap-n junction

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It is shown that a part of the energy radiated during electro-luminescence produced by the passage of current in the forward direction in a p-n junction is taken from the surroundings in the form of heat. The possibility of using this phenomenon for cooling purposes is considered.

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  1. Institute of Technical Physics, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Prague

    Jan Tauc

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Tauc, J. The share of thermal energy taken from the surroundings in the electro-luminescent energy radiated from ap-n junction. Czech J Phys 7, 275–276 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688028

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