In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by
nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any macroscopic moving …

In the past decade, a new research frontier emerges at the interface between physics and
renewable energy, termed as inelastic thermoelectric effects, where inelastic transport …

We demonstrate experimentally an autonomous nanoscale energy harvester that utilizes the
physics of resonant tunneling quantum dots. Gate-defined quantum dots on GaAs/AlGaAs …

We propose and analyze a simple mesoscopic quantum heat engine that exhibits both high
power and high efficiency. The system consists of a biased Josephson junction coupled to …

Describing the thermodynamic properties of quantum systems far from equilibrium is
challenging, in particular when the system is strongly coupled to its environment, or when …

We discuss a quantum thermal machine that generates power from a thermally driven
double quantum dot coupled to normal and superconducting reservoirs. Energy exchange …

Including the phonon-assisted inelastic process in thermoelectric devices makes it possible
to enhance the performance of nonequilibrium work extraction. In this work, we demonstrate …

We investigate the nonlocal thermoelectric transport in a Cooper-pair splitter based on a
double-quantum-dot-superconductor three-terminal hybrid structure. We find that the …

Quantum thermal machines can perform useful tasks, such as delivering power, cooling, or
heating. In this work, we consider hybrid thermal machines, that can execute more than one …

The electrons forming a Cooper pair in a superconductor can be spatially separated
preserving their spin entanglement by means of quantum dots coupled to both the …