Nonlinear heat conduction in Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-06-18 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We analyze the heat current flowing across interacting quantum dots within the Coulomb blockade regime. Power can be generated by either voltage or temperature biases. In the former case, we find nonlinear contributions to the Peltier effect that are dominated by conventional Joule heating for sufficiently high voltages. In the latter case, the differential thermal conductance shows maxima or minima depending on the energy level position. Furthermore, we discuss departures from the Kelvin-Onsager reciprocity relation beyond linear response.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1411.5231,
title = {Nonlinear heat conduction in Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots},
author = {Miguel A. Sierra and David Sanchez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5231},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures, submitted to the Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Thermoelectrics