One-dimensional hard-point gas as a thermoelectric engine

被引：11

作者：

Wang, Jiao ^{[1
,2
]}

Casati, Giulio ^{[3
,4
,5
,6
]}

Prosen, Tomaz ^{[7
]}

Lai, C. -H. ^{[2
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Temasek Labs, Singapore 117542, Singapore

[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Beijing Hong Kong Singapore Joint Ctr Nonlinear &, Singapore 117542, Singapore

[3] Univ Insubria, Ctr Nonlinear & Complex Syst, I-22100 Como, Italy

[4] CNR, INFM, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[6] Natl Univ Singapore, Ctr Quantum Technol, Singapore 117543, Singapore

[7] Univ Ljubljana, Fac Math & Phys, Dept Phys, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2009年 / 80卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031136

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate the possibility to build a thermoelectric engine using a one-dimensional gas of molecules with unequal masses and hard-point interaction. Most importantly, we show that the efficiency of this engine is determined by a parameter YT which is different from the well known figure of merit ZT. Even though the efficiency of this particular model is low, our results shed light on the problem and open the possibility to build efficient thermoelectric engines.

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