Multi-terminal thermoelectric transport in a magnetic field: Bounds on Onsager coefficients and efficiency

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Brandner, Kay ^a   Seifert, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS; ALGEBRAIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER; ONSAGER COEFFICIENT; SCHUR COMPLEMENT; TECHNICAL LEVELS; THERMOELECTRIC TRANSPORT; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; REFRIGERATORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84886518960     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/10/105003     Document Type: Article

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