Nonlinear thermoelectric transport through a double barrier structure

Modern Physics Letters B

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 215-223

  Wang, Jianming ^a   Wan, Langhui ^b   Wei, Yadong ^b   Xing, Yanxia ^c   Wang, Jian ^d  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Landauer B ttiker formula; Nonlinear heat transport; Thermoconductance; Thermoelectric transport; Thermopower

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244466048     PISSN: 02179849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984906009554     Document Type: Article

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