Non-Linear Thermoelectric Devices with Surface-Disordered Nanowires
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Electrical vs. Thermal Current
1.2. Linear Response Regime
2. Non-Linear Regime
2.1. Power Output and Efficiency
2.2. Interplay of Material and Thermodynamic Parameters
- 1.
- It should have a tunable phenomenon leading to a negligible value for in the range of E dictated by ;
- 2.
- Any design has to optimize the power output and the efficiency simultaneously, as opposed to maximizing one or the other;
- 3.
- Any nano-device should be scalable, with the number current increasing with the number of channels.
2.3. Nanowires
3. Phonon Localization
3.1. Quasi-One-Dimensional Structures with Surface Disorder
3.2. Excitation of Localized States
4. Thermal Conductivity
4.1. Experiments
4.2. Surface Disorder
4.3. Numerical Methods
5. Localized Phonons and Surface Disorder
5.1. An Exact Map**
5.2. Phonon Localization Due to Surface Roughness: Numerical Evidence
- (i)
- The energy (kinetic plus potential) accumulated at time t in the column x:
- (ii)
- Energy in a given region, defined as
- (iii)
- Normalized mean square energy displacement defined as
5.3. Disorder Parameters and Universality
5.4. Non-Linear Thermal Current
6. Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Markoš P, Muttalib K. Non-Linear Thermoelectric Devices with Surface-Disordered Nanowires. Applied Nano. 2021; 2(3):162-183. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano2030013
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarkoš, Peter, and Khandker Muttalib. 2021. "Non-Linear Thermoelectric Devices with Surface-Disordered Nanowires" Applied Nano 2, no. 3: 162-183. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano2030013