Representation of the semiconductor refrigerant heterostructure [Cha2005]. The quantum well of GaAs is cooled by injecting cold electrons (in blue) via resonant tunneling, and by extracting the hot carriers above the thicker barrier (in red).
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GELATO aims at designing highly efficient thermionic cooling nano-devices. It is motivated by the urgent technological need to control Joule heating in nanoelectronics in a context of energy shortage
