Quantum-interference-enhanced thermoelectricity in single molecules and molecular films

Lambert, Colin John and Sadeghi, Hatef and Al-Galiby, Qusiy (2016) Quantum-interference-enhanced thermoelectricity in single molecules and molecular films. Comptes Rendus Physique, 17 (10). pp. 1084-1095. ISSN 1631-0705

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Abstract

We provide a brief overview of recent measurements and predictions of thermoelectric properties of single-molecules and porous nanoribbons and discuss some principles underpinning strategies for enhancing their thermoelectric performance. The latter include (a) taking advantage of steep slopes in the electron transmission coefficient T(E)T(E), (b) creating structures with delta-function-like transmission coefficients and (c) utilising step-like features in T(E)T(E). To achieve high performance, we suggest that the latter may be the most fruitful, since it is less susceptible to inhomogeneous broadening. For the purpose of extrapolating thermoelectric properties of single or few molecules to monolayer molecular films, we also discuss the relevance of the conductance-weighted average Seebeck coefficient.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Comptes Rendus Physique

Additional Information:

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Comptes Rendus Physique. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Comptes Rendus Physique, 17, 10, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2016.08.003

Uncontrolled Keywords:

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Subjects:

?? molecular electronicsthermoelectricityquantum interferenceseebeck coefficientgeneral physics and astronomyphysics and astronomy(all) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics

ID Code:

82156

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ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

18 Oct 2016 10:46

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

15 Oct 2024 23:05

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/82156