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Coherence-enhanced thermodynamic performance in a periodically-driven inelastic heat engine
Jincheng Lu, Zi Wang, Jie Ren +2
Quantum thermodynamics with microscopic inelastic scattering processes has been intensively investigated in recent years. Here, we apply quantum master equation combined with full…
Multitask quantum thermal machines and cooperative effects
Jincheng Lu, Zi Wang, Rongqian Wang +3
Including phonon-assisted inelastic process in thermoelectric devices is able to enhance the performance of nonequilibrium work extraction. In this work, we demonstrate that inelas…
Tuning Topological Transitions in Twisted Thermophotovoltaic Systems
Rongqian Wang, Jincheng Lu, Xiaohu Wu +2
Twisted bilayer two-dimensional electronic systems give rise to many exotic phenomena and unveil a new frontier for the study of quantum materials. In photonics, twisted two-dimens…
Geometric thermodynamic uncertainty relation in periodically driven thermoelectric heat engine
Jincheng Lu, Zi Wang, Jiebin Peng +3
Thermodynamic uncertainty relation, quantifying a trade-off among average current, the associated fluctuation (precision), and entropy production (cost), has been formulated in non…
Inelastic thermoelectric transport and fluctuations in mesoscopic system
Rongqian Wang, Chen Wang, Jincheng Lu +1
In the past decade, a new research frontier emerges at the interface between physics and renewable energy, termed as the inelastic thermoelectric effects where inelastic transport…
Coulomb thermoelectric drag in four-terminal mesoscopic quantum transport
Mengmeng Xi, Rongqian Wang, Jincheng Lu +2
We show that the Coulomb interaction between two circuits separated by an insulating layer leads to unconventional thermoelectric effects, such as the cooling by thermal current ef…
Unconventional four-terminal thermoelectric transport due to inelastic transport: cooling by transverse current, transverse thermoelectric effect and Maxwell demon
Jian-Hua Jiang, Jincheng Lu, Yoseph Imry
We show that in mesoscopic four-terminal thermoelectric devices with two electrodes (the source and the drain) and two heat baths, inelastic scattering processes can lead to unconv…
Brownian thermal transistors and refrigerators in mesoscopic systems
Jincheng Lu, Rongqian Wang, Chen Wang +1
Fluctuations are significant in mesoscopic systems and of particular importance in understanding quantum transport. Here, we show that fluctuations can be considered as a resource…
Energy cooperation in quantum thermoelectric systems with multiple electric currents
Yefeng Liu, Jincheng Lu, Rongqian Wang +2
The energy efficiency and power of a quantum thermoelectric system with multiple electric currents and only one heat currents are studied. The system is connected to the hot heat b…
Optimal efficiency and power and their trade-off in three-terminal quantum thermoelectric engines with two output electric currents
Jincheng Lu, Yefeng Liu, Rongqian Wang +2
We establish a theory of optimal efficiency and power for three-terminal thermoelectric engines which have two independent output electric currents and one input heat current. This…
Quantum-dot circuit-QED thermoelectric diodes and transistors
Jincheng Lu, Rongqian Wang, Jie Ren +2
Recent breakthroughs in quantum-dot circuit-quantum-electrodynamics (circuit-QED) systems are important both from a fundamental perspective and from the point of view of quantum ph…
Nonlinear effects for three-terminal heat engine and refrigerator
Rongqian Wang, Jincheng Lu, Chen Wang +1
The three-terminal heat device consisting of a cavity and coupled to a heat bath is established. By tuning the temperatures of the electrodes and the phonon bath, the device can fu…
Thermoelectric Cooperative Effect in Three-Terminal Elastic Transport through a Quantum Dot
Jincheng Lu, Rongqian Wang, Yefeng Liu +1
The energy efficiency and power of a three-terminal thermoelectric nanodevice are studied by considering elastic tunneling through a single quantum dot. Facilitated by the three-te…