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In this paper, the transport characteristics of the electrons in the double-barrier heterostructure under adding periodic positive and negative bias ("rocked" ratchet) are numerically simulated by the transfer matrix method. The expressions of net current and net heat flow between the two electronic reservoirs are obtained. Further, the performance characteristics of net current, net heat flow and coefficient of performance are analyzed. The results obtained here may provide some significant guidance for the design and manufacture of mecro-thermoelectric devices.
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Keywords:
- thermoelectric tunneling refrigerator /
- rocked ratchet /
- performance parameters /
- transfer matrix method
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[1] Pichanusakorn P, Bandaru P 2010 Materials Science & Engineering R 67 19
[2] Poudel B, Hao Q, Ma Y, Lan Y, Minnich A, Yu B, Yan X, Wang D, Muto A, Vashaee D, Chen X, Liu J, Dresselhaus M D, Chen G, Ren Z 2008 Science 320 634
[3] Hochbaum A I, Chen R, Delgado R D, Liang W, Garnett E C, Najarian M, Majumdar A, Yang P 2008 Nature 451 163
[4] Linke H, Humphrey T E, Löfgren A, Sushkov A O, Newbury R, Taylor R P, Omling P 1999 Science 286 2314
[5] Boukai A I, Bunimovich Y, Tahir-Kheli J, Yu J K, Goddard Iii W A, Heath J R 2008 Nature 451 168
[6] Linke H, Sheng W, Löfgren A, Xu H Q, Omling P, Lindelof P E 1998 Europhys. Lett. 44 341
[7] Venkatasubramanian R, Siivola E, Colpitts T, O'Quinn B 2001 Nature 413 597
[8] Wang X M, He J Z, Tang W 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 984
[9] He J Z, Wang X M, Liang H N 2009 Physica Scripta 80 035701
[10] Humphrey T E, Linke H, Newbury R 2001 Physica E 11 281
[11] Linke H, Humphrey T E, Lindelof P E, Löfgren A, Newbury R, Omling P, Sushkov A O, Taylor R P, Xu H 2002 Appl. Phys. A 75 237
[12] Humphrey T E, Newbury R, Taylor R P, Linke H 2002 Phys. Rev. L 89 116801
[13] Zhang Y Q, Shi Y, Pu L, Zhang R, Zheng Y D 2008 Acta Phys. Sin. 57 5197 (in Chinese) [张轶群、施 毅、濮 林、张 荣、郑有 斗 2008 物理学报57 5197]
[14] Mu W D, Cheng H F, Chen Z H, Tang G P, Wu Z Q 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 58 1212 (in Chinese) [穆武第、程海峰、陈朝辉、唐耿平、吴志桥 2009 物理学报58 1212]
[15] Vassell M O, Johnson Lee, Lockwood H F 1983 J. Appl. Phys. 54 5206
[16] Hutchings D C 1989 Appl. Phys. Lett. 55 1082
[17] Allen S S, Richardson S L 1994 Phys. Rev. B 50 11693
[18] Wang H M, Zhang Y F 2005 Acta Phys. Sin. 54 2226(in Chinese)[王洪梅、张亚非 2005 物理学报54 2226]
[19] O'Dwyer M F, Humphrey T E, Linke H 2006 Nanotechnology 17 S338
[20] He B X, He J Z 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 3846(in Chinese)[贺兵香、何济洲 2010 物理学报 59 3846]
[21] O’Dwyer M F, Lewis R A, Zhang C, Humphrey T E 2005 Phys. Rev. B 72 205330
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