TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermoelectric three-terminal hopping transport through one-dimensional nanosystems
AU - Jiang, Jian Hua
AU - Entin-Wohlman, Ora
AU - Imry, Yoseph
PY - 2012/2/14
Y1 - 2012/2/14
N2 - A two-site nanostructure (e.g., a molecule) bridging two conducting leads and connected to a phonon bath is considered. The two relevant levels closest to the Fermi energy are each connected to its lead. The leads have slightly different temperatures and chemical potentials, and the nanostructure is also coupled to a thermal (third) phonon bath. The 3×3 linear transport (Onsager) matrix is evaluated, along with the ensuing figure of merit, and found to be very favorable for thermoelectric energy conversion.
AB - A two-site nanostructure (e.g., a molecule) bridging two conducting leads and connected to a phonon bath is considered. The two relevant levels closest to the Fermi energy are each connected to its lead. The leads have slightly different temperatures and chemical potentials, and the nanostructure is also coupled to a thermal (third) phonon bath. The 3×3 linear transport (Onsager) matrix is evaluated, along with the ensuing figure of merit, and found to be very favorable for thermoelectric energy conversion.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075412
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075412
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AN - SCOPUS:84857695564
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 075412
ER -