Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mazza, Francesco ^a   Bosisio, Riccardo ^b   Benenti, Giuliano ^c,d   Giovannetti, Vittorio ^a   Fazio, Rosario ^a   Taddei, Fabio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NANOSCIENZE CNR   (Italy)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

electronic transport in mesoscopic systems; nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics; thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; NONEQUILIBRIUM AND IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; NONLOCAL TRANSPORT; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMOELECTRIC AND THERMOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84907300141     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/8/085001     Document Type: Article

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