Inelastic Electron Transport Through a Carbon Fullerene Junction



Título del documento: Inelastic Electron Transport Through a Carbon Fullerene Junction
Revista: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000398957
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, Mazandarán. Irán
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 44
Número: 6
Paginación: 687-696
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés Effects of inelastic electron–phonon interactions and different contact geometries on the electron transport and thermoelectric properties of the C60 molecule are studied by Green’s function theory within the framework of polaron transformation. It is seen that the current (Ie) and energy flux (IQ) values with respect to the contact types are ordered as Ie/q(C1)<Ie/q(C6)<Ie/q(C5). The results reveal that the thermopower–energy curves have strictly monotonic character which show the staircase structures. Their stair numbers depend on contact types and presence of electron– phonon interactions. It is shown that the oscillatory behavior of thermal conductance is dramatically dependent on contact types and e–p interactions. Also, the values of the dimensionless figures of merit (ZT0) lie in the interval [0.322 ×10−7 , 0.194 ×10−3 ], and effect of contact types is small on the values of ZT0s
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Física de materia condensada,
Electrones,
Fonones,
Transporte de electrones,
Efectos termoeléctricos,
Inelasticidad
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Condensed matter physics,
Electrons,
Phonons,
Electron transport,
Thermoelectric effects,
Inelasticity
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