Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-10-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
10 pages, 6 figures, Resubmission- to be published in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
We analyze the nanocaloritronic performance of an interacting quantum dot that is subject to an applied bias and an applied temperature gradient. It is now well known that, in the absence of phonon contribution, a weakly coupled non-interacting quantum dot can operate at thermoelectric efficiencies approaching the Carnot limit. However, it has also been recently pointed out that such peak efficiencies can only be achieved when operated in the reversible limit, with a vanishing current and hence a vanishing power output. In this paper, we point out three fundamental results affecting the thermoelectric performance due to the inclusion of Coulomb interactions: a) The reversible operating point carries zero efficiency, b) operation at finite power output is possible even at peak efficiencies approaching the Carnot value, and c) the evaluated trends of the the maximum efficiency deviate considerably from the conventional {\it{figure of merit}} $zT$ based result. Finally, we also analyze our system for thermoelectric operation at maximum power output.
grifoni Milena
Muralidharan Bhaskaran
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