Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1088/1367-2630/16/8/085001 (literal)
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  • F. Mazza [1], R. Bosisio [2], G. Benenti [3,4], V. Giovannetti [1], R. Fazio [1] and F. Taddei [1] (2014)
    Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines
    in New journal of physics
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  • F. Mazza [1], R. Bosisio [2], G. Benenti [3,4], V. Giovannetti [1], R. Fazio [1] and F. Taddei [1] (literal)
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  • 16 (literal)
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  • 085001 (literal)
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  • [1] NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore, and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, I-56126 Pisa, Italy [2] Service de Physique de l' État Condensé (CNRS URA 2464), IRAMIS/SPEC, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France [3] CNISM and Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Universitá degli Studi dell' Insubria, via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy [4] Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy (literal)
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  • Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines (literal)
Abstract
  • The efficiency of a thermal engine working in the linear response regime in a multi-terminal configuration is discussed. For the generic three-terminal case, we provide a general definition of local and non-local transport coefficients: electrical and thermal conductances, and thermoelectric powers. Within the Onsager formalism, we derive analytical expressions for the efficiency at maximum power, which can be written in terms of generalized figures of merit. Furthermore, using two examples, we investigate numerically how a third terminal could improve the performance of a quantum system, and under which conditions non-local thermoelectric effects can be observed. (literal)
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