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Re:Ionocaloric Refrigeration Cycle by yarg on Saturday January 14, 2023 @10:35PM (#34386506)
This once again has me wondering about quantum dots - wondering if quantum dots can be used for refrigeration (there're papers as far back as '93).

I figured they'd have to be infrared, and then I got distracted by the difficulties producing dots that large[1].

It seems that there's been some trouble scaling up to that scale (though scaling down into the UV would be even more problematic).

[1] - https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1500079

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Re:Ionocaloric Refrigeration Cycle by NGC404 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:25AM (#34388612)
That is indeed interesting to think about. What exact mechanism did you had in mind for thermal energy transport?
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Re:Ionocaloric Refrigeration Cycle by yarg on Sunday January 15, 2023 @02:35PM (#34392441)
Electrical. Probably very naïve of me.
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