Effects of disorder on the transport and thermoelectric properties of silicene superlattices

O Oubram, O Navarro, EJ Guzmán… - Physica E: Low …, 2020 - Elsevier
Unavoidable structural disorder associated with the variation of the widths of barriers and
wells as well as the heights of barriers in superlattices of 2D materials can affect …

Spin and charge caloritronics in bilayer graphene flakes with magnetic contacts

L Chico, PA Orellana, L Rosales, M Pacheco - Physical Review Applied, 2017 - APS
We investigate the coupling of spin and thermal currents as a means to raise the
thermoelectric efficiency of nanoscale graphene devices. We consider nanostructures …

Gate-tunable charge carrier electrocaloric effect in trilayer graphene

N Cortés, O Negrete, FJ Peña, P Vargas - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The electrocaloric (EC) effect is the change in temperature and entropy of a material driven
by the application of an electric field. Our tight-binding calculations linked to Fermi statistics …

Impact of electron-electron interactions on the thermoelectric efficiency of graphene quantum point contacts

I Sánchez-Ramírez, Y Baba, L Chico… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Thermoelectric materials enable us to harness dissipated energy and make electronic
devices less energy-demanding. Heat-to-electricity conversion requires materials with a …

Photoionization Cross Section in Low-Dimensional Systems

M Tshipa, M Masale - Heterojunctions and Nanostructures, 2018 - books.google.com
A theoretical investigation of the effects of the parabolic, shifted parabolic, hill-like, and cup-
like parabolic confining electric potentials on photoionization cross section (PCS) in a …