Scattering theory of nonlinear thermoelectric transport

Abstract

We investigate nonlinear transport properties of quantum conductors in response to both electrical and thermal driving forces. Within scattering approach, we determine the nonequilibrium screening potential of a generic mesoscopic system and find that its response is dictated by particle and entropic injectivities which describe the charge and entropy transfer during transport. We illustrate our model analyzing the voltage and thermal rectification of a resonant tunneling barrier. Importantly, we discuss interaction induced contributions to the thermopower in the presence of large temperature differences.

5 pages, 3 figures; slightly shortened version to fulfill the journal's requirements

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• Thermoelectric transport through strongly correlated quantum dots
• Quantum dot as thermal rectifier
• Magnetic field asymmetry of mesocopic dc rectification in Aharonov Bohm rings

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