Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-07-26
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 273, 012155 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, 3 figures; to appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Sant
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-6596/273/1/012155
We investigate thermoelectric properties of correlated quantum dots and molecules, described by a single level Anderson model coupled to conduction electron leads, by using Wilson's numerical renormalization group method. In the Kondo regime, the thermopower, $S(T)$, exhibits two sign changes, at temperatures $T=T_{1}$ and $T=T_{2}>T_{1}$. We find that $T_{2}$ is of order the level width $\Gamma$ and $T_{1}> T_{p}\approx T_{K}$, where $T_{p}$ is the position of the Kondo induced peak in the thermopower and $T_{K}$ is the Kondo scale. No sign change is found outside the Kondo regime, or, for weak correlations, making a sign change in $S(T)$ a particularly sensitive signature of strong correlations and Kondo physics. For molecules, we investigate the effect of screening by conduction electrons on the thermoelectric transport. We find that a large screening interaction enhances the figure of merit in the Kondo and mixed valence regimes.
Costi Theo A.
Schoeps V.
Zlatic Vinko
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