Thermoelectric efficiency at maximum power in a quantum dot

By Massimiliano Esposito, K. Lindenberg, C. Broeck. 2008

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We identify the operational conditions for maximum power of a nanothermoelectric engine consisting of a single quantum level embedded between two leads at different temperatures and chemical potentials. The corresponding thermodynamic efficiency agrees with the Curzon-Ahlborn expression up to quadratic terms in the gradients, supporting the thesis of universality beyond linear response.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. Ronnie Kosloff
2. U. Seifert

In Materials Chemistry

1. U. Seifert

In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

1. Ronnie Kosloff
2. U. Seifert
3. Massimiliano Esposito
4. Keiji Saito
5. Yair Rezek
6. Jordan M. Horowitz
7. Karl J. Friston
8. R. Eichhorn

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• Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines (2012, background): “The thermoelectric device is treated in [565, 593].”
• Quantum Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Viewpoint (2013, background): “Many dynamical models have been introduced for different types of continuous quantum engines, all consistent with the laws of thermodynamics [7,8,13,20,24,25,51–65].”