A nonlinear thermodynamic model for a breakdown of the Onsager symmetry and the efficiency of thermoelectric conversion in nanowires | Zendy

Vito Antonio Cimmelli | Zendy; A. Sellitto | Zendy; David Jou | Zendy

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A nonlinear thermodynamic model for a breakdown of the Onsager symmetry and the efficiency of thermoelectric conversion in nanowires

Author(s) -

Vito Antonio Cimmelli,

A. Sellitto,

David Jou

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

proceedings of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1471-2946

pISSN - 1364-5021

DOI - 10.1098/rspa.2014.0265

Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , symmetry (geometry) , nonlinear system , nanowire , condensed matter physics , energy transformation , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , geometry

We consider non-equilibrium steady-state situations\udfor thermoelectric systems with non-local and nonlinear\udeffects. We show that the Onsager symmetry\udrelations for effective transport coefficients break\uddown. We also estimate the consequences of such\uda breakdown for the efficiency of the thermoelectric\udenergy conversion which, under some conditions,\udcould be higher than in the usual linear regime with\udOnsager symmetry

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