Enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit in a quantum dot due to the Coulomb blockade effect

作者: Jie Liu , Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVB.81.245323

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摘要: … Here we can see that the curves are antisymmetric due to the electron-hole symmetry. The reason is as follows. The thermoelectric effect is caused by the temperature difference. …

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