Thermoelectric and electron heat rectification properties of quantum dot superlattice nanowire arrays

2020/03/29 by Kuo, David M T
#FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2003.12996

Abstract

Heat engines made of quantum-dot (QD) superlattice nanowires (SLNWs) offer promising applications in energy harvesting due to the reduction of phonon thermal conductivity. In solid state electrical generators (refrigerators), one needs to generate (remove) large amount of charge current (heat current). Consequently, a high QD SLNW density is required for realistic applications. This study theoretically investigated the properties of power factor and electron heat rectification for an SLNW array under the transition from a one dimensional system to a two dimensional system. The SLNW arrays show the functionality of heat diodes, which is mainly attributed to a transmission coefficient with a temperature-bias direction dependent characteristic.

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