Thermovoltage in quantum dots with attractive interaction

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  • Jens Schulenborg
  • Maarten R. Wegewijs
  • Janine Splettstoesser

We study the linear and nonlinear thermovoltage of a quantum dot with effective attractive electron-electron interaction and weak, energy-dependent tunnel coupling to electronic contacts. Remarkably, we find that the thermovoltage shows signatures of repulsive interaction, which can be rationalized. These thermovoltage characteristics are robust against large potential and temperature differences well into the nonlinear regime, which we expect can be demonstrated in current state-of-the-art experiments. Furthermore, under nonlinear operation, we find extended regions of large power production at efficiencies on the order of the Curzon-Ahlborn bound interrupted only by a characteristic sharp dip.

Original languageEnglish
Article number243103
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume116
Issue number24
Number of pages5
ISSN0003-6951
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2020

    Research areas

  • COULOMB-BLOCKADE OSCILLATIONS, THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE, THERMOPOWER, ENERGY

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