Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: We demonstrate the possibility to build a thermoelectric engine using a one-dimensional gas of molecules with unequal masses and hard-point interaction. Most importantly, we show that the efficiency of this engine is determined by a parameter YT which is different from the well known figure of merit ZT . Even though the efficiency of this particular model is low, our results shed light on the problem and open the possibility to build efficient thermoelectric engines.
Source: Physical Review E
Authors: Jiao Wang, Giulio Casati, Tomaž Prosen, C.-H. Lai
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2045519928