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The field of thermoelectric materials has undergone a revolutionary transformation over the last couple of decades as a result of the ability to nanostructure and synthesize myriads of materials and their alloys. The ZT figure of merit,…
Thermoelectric materials intrigue much interest due to their wide range of application such as power generators and refrigerators. The efficiency of thermoelectric materials is quantified by the figure of merit, and a figure greater than…
We theoretically investigate strategies for harnessing quantum interference to optimize the figure of merit $ZT$, power output, and thermodynamic efficiency in multi-quantum-dot Aharonov-Bohm (AB) thermoelectric heat engines. Using the…
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In the pursuit of room temperature quantum hardware, our study introduces a gate voltage tunable quantum wire within a tri-gated n-type junctionless MOSFET. The application of gate voltage alters the parabolic potential well of the…
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In spite of extended efforts, detecting thermoelectric effects in superconductors have proven to be a challenging task, due to the inherent superconducting particle-hole symmetry. Here we present a theoretical study of an experimentally…
We report on the electrical and thermal transport properties of nickel nanoparticles with crystallite size from 23.1 to 1.3 nm. These nanoparticles show a systematic metal to insulator transition with the change in the conduction type from…
Identifying materials and devices which offer efficient thermoelectric effects at low temperature is a major obstacle for the development of thermal management strategies for low-temperature electronic systems. Superconductors cannot offer…
The waste heat management becomes very important with increasing energy demand and limited fossil resources. Here, we demonstrate thermoelectric performance of allotropic TeSe2. Based on the first-principle calculations, we confirm the…
Recently, the superionic thermoelectrics, which typify the novel `phonon-liquid electron-crystal' concept, have attracted enormous attention due to their ultralow thermal conductivity and high figure-of-merit (zT). However, their high zT is…
In a number of current experiments in the field of spin-caloritronics a temperature gradient across a nanostructured interface is applied and spin-dependent transport phenomena are observed. However, a lack in the interpretation and…
Heat transfer between two silica clusters is investigated by using the non-equilibrium Green's function method. In the gap range between 4 {\AA} and three times the cluster size, the thermal conductance decreases as predicted by the surface…
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We present a model for P-N-P abrupt heterostructures vertical to temperature gradient to improve the thermoelectric performance. The P-N-P heterostructure is considered as an abrupt bipolar junction transistor due to an externally applied…