Fundamental aspects of steady-state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale

G Benenti, G Casati, K Saito, RS Whitney - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Thermoelectricity near Anderson localization transitions

K Yamamoto, A Aharony, O Entin-Wohlman, N Hatano - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The electronic thermoelectric coefficients are analyzed in the vicinity of one and two
Anderson localization thresholds in three dimensions. For a single mobility edge, we correct …

Separation of heat and charge currents for boosted thermoelectric conversion

F Mazza, S Valentini, R Bosisio, G Benenti… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
In a multiterminal device the (electronic) heat and charge currents can follow different paths.
In this paper we introduce and analyze a class of multiterminal devices where this property …

Enhancing efficiency and power of quantum-dots resonant tunneling thermoelectrics in three-terminal geometry by cooperative effects

JH Jiang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a scheme of multilayer thermoelectric engine where one electric current is
coupled to two temperature gradients in three-terminal geometry. This is realized by …

Dephasing-enhanced performance in quasiperiodic thermal machines

C Chiaracane, A Purkayastha, MT Mitchison, J Goold - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Understanding and controlling quantum transport in low-dimensional systems is pivotal for
heat management at the nanoscale. One promising strategy to obtain the desired transport …

Quasiperiodic quantum heat engines with a mobility edge

C Chiaracane, MT Mitchison, A Purkayastha… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Steady-state thermoelectric machines convert heat into work by driving a thermally
generated charge current against a voltage gradient. In this work, we propose a new class of …

Effect of Vacancies on Magnetism, Electrical Transport, and Thermoelectric Performance of Marcasite FeSe2−δ (δ = 0.05)

G Li, B Zhang, J Rao, D Herranz Gonzalez… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The marcasite structure FeSe2− δ was synthesized using a simple solvothermal method.
Systematic study of the electrical transport properties shows that the transport is dominated …

From thermal rectifiers to thermoelectric devices

G Benenti, G Casati, C Mejía-Monasterio… - Thermal Transport in Low …, 2016 - Springer
We discuss thermal rectification and thermoelectric energy conversion from the perspective
of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and dynamical systems theory. After preliminary …

Enhancing thermoelectric performance using nonlinear transport effects

JH Jiang, Y Imry - Physical Review Applied, 2017 - APS
We study nonlinear transport effects on the maximum efficiency and power for both inelastic
and elastic thermoelectric generators. The former device refers to phonon-assisted hopping …

[HTML][HTML] Linear and nonlinear mesoscopic thermoelectric transport with coupling with heat baths

JH Jiang, Y Imry - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2016 - Elsevier
Decades of research on thermoelectrics stimulated by the fact that nano-and meso-scale
thermoelectric transport could yield higher energy conversion efficiency and output power …