Most efficient quantum thermoelectric at finite power output

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Whitney, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT ENGINES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

CARNOT EFFICIENCY; ENERGY WINDOWS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR SCATTERING; POWER OUT PUT; QUANTUM SYSTEM; UPPER BOUND; ZERO-POWER;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84898407097     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.130601     Document Type: Article

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