Thermoelectric energy harvesting with quantum dots

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sothmann, Björn ^a   Sánchez, Rafael ^b   Jordan, Andrew N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; mesoscopic physics; quantum dots; thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENGINES; HEAT ENGINES; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; RESONANT TUNNELING; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CHAOTIC CAVITIES; COULOMB-BLOCKADE REGIME; MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS; MICROWAVE PHOTON; MULTI TERMINALS; NANO SCALE; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84920187388     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/3/032001     Document Type: Review

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