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cond-mat.mes-hall2009★ 22 cited
Effect of Thermoelectric Cooling in Nanoscale Junctions
Yu-Shen Liu, Bailey C. Hsu, Yu-Chang Chen
We propose a thermoelectric cooling device based on an atomic-sized junction. Using first-principles approaches, we investigate the working conditions and the coefficient of perfor…
cond-mat.mes-hall2009
Do Thermoelectric Materials in Nanojunctions Display Material Property or Junction Property?
Yu-Chang Chen, Yu-Shen Liu
The miniaturization of thermoelectric nanojunctions raises a fundamental question: do the thermoelectric quantities of the bridging materials in nanojunctions remain to display mat…
cond-mat.mes-hall2009★ 83 cited
Efficiency of Energy Conversion in Thermoelectric Nanojunctions
Yu-Shen Liu, Yi-Ren Chen, Yu-Chang Chen
Using first-principles approaches, this study investigated the efficiency of energy conversion in nanojunctions, described by the thermoelectric figure of merit . We obtained t…