Coefficient-of-Performance Analyses for Light-Emitting-Diode Cycles Resembling Carnot Heat Pumps

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 18764 - 18771
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jihong, Shih, Tienmo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Carnot cycle; Carnot heat pumps; coefficient of performance; Entropy; Heat pumps; LED cycle; Light; Light emitting diodes; P-n junctions; Peltier effect; Peltier effects; Reservoirs; Resistance heating; temperature gradient; Thermal energy; thermal-energy absorption

Designing the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that yield maximal coefficients of performance (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">{\boldsymbol {\xi }}_{\boldsymbol {max}} </tex-math></inline-formula>) subject to prescribed electrical powers constitutes a desira...