Band-Engineered Local Cooling in Nanoscale Junctions
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DOI: 10.1038/srep42647
Abstract: The stability and performance of nanoscale junctions are closely related to the local effective temperature. The local effective temperature is mainly caused by the competition between heating and cooling processes in inelastic electron-phonon scat- tering.… read more here.
Keywords: nanoscale junctions; energy; band engineered; width energy ... See more keywords
Thermoelectric Response Enhanced by Surface/Edge States in Physical Nanogaps
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DOI: 10.3390/ma16020660
Abstract: Current solid-state thermoelectric converters have poor performance, which typically renders them useless for practical applications. This problem is evidenced by the small figures of merit of typical thermoelectric materials, which tend to be much smaller… read more here.
Keywords: nanoscale junctions; surface edge; edge states; figures merit ... See more keywords