  It is shown using dimensional analysis that the maximum current density
J_{QCL} transported on application of a voltage V_g across a gap of size D
follows the relation J_{QCL} ~ \hbar^{3 - 2\alpha} V_g^\alpha /D^{5 - 2\alpha}.
The classical Child-Langmuir result is recovered at \alpha = 3/2 on demanding
that the scaling law be independent of \hbar. For a nanogap in the deep quantum
regime, additional inputs in the form of appropriate boundary conditions and
the behaviour of the exchange-correlation potential show that \alpha = 5/14.
This is verified numerically for several nanogaps. It is also argued that in
this regime, the limiting mechanism is quantum reflection from a downhill
potential due to a sharp change in slope seen by the electron on emerging
through the barrier.
