Effect of electron-vibration interactions on the thermoelectric efficiency of molecular junctions

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2012, Pages

  Hsu, Bailey C ^a   Chiang, Chi Wei ^a   Chen, Yu Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC VIBRATION; BENZENE MOLECULES; ELECTRODE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON-VIBRATION INTERACTIONS; FERMI-DIRAC DISTRIBUTION; FINITE BIAS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES APPROACHES; INELASTIC EFFECTS; LARGE COMPONENTS; LINEAR RESPONSE; LOCAL HEATING; LOW-TEMPERATURE REGIME; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NORMAL MODES; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT; WIRE TEMPERATURE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BENZENE;

BENZENE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEAT; MICROELECTRODE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRATION;

BENZENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; VIBRATION;

EID: 84862654121     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/27/275401     Document Type: Article

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