Thermoelectric efficiency at maximum power in a quantum dot
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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EPL (Europhysics Letters)
- Pub Date:
- March 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1209/0295-5075/85/60010
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0808.0216
- Bibcode:
- 2009EL.....8560010E
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures