Thermoelectric properties of a weakly coupled quantum dot: Enhanced thermoelectric efficiency

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 35, 2010, Pages

  Tsaousidou, M ^a   Triberis, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COULOMB-BLOCKADE REGIME; ELECTRON RESERVOIR; ELECTRONS AND PHONONS; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY SEPARATIONS; FIGURE OF MERIT; MULTI-LEVEL; PHONON CONFINEMENT EFFECT; POWER FACTORS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM LIMIT; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; WIEDEMANN-FRANZ LAW; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

PHONONS;

EID: 77957026493     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/35/355304     Document Type: Article

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