Electronic and vibrational intra-molecular thermoelectric-like ?gures of merit(ZT_γ~M) are introduced for single molecule nanoelectronic system, using quantum theory of atoms in molecule. These ?gures of merit are us...Electronic and vibrational intra-molecular thermoelectric-like ?gures of merit(ZT_γ~M) are introduced for single molecule nanoelectronic system, using quantum theory of atoms in molecule. These ?gures of merit are used to describe intra-molecular or local energy dissipation/transition(as in Joule-like, Peltier-like, and Thomson-like effects) in?eld effect molecular devices. The ZT_γ~M?gures of merit are computed for two proposed molecular devices. Analysis of the results shows that ZT_γ~Mdepends almost non-linearly on the electric ?eld(EF) strength. Also, the intra-molecular Joule-like heating plays a dominant role in the local energy dissipation, and intra-molecular Thomson-like heating is generally larger than the intra-molecular Peltier-like heating. Introduction of ZT_γ~Mcan be applied to extend the analysis of thermoelectric heating down to molecular and intra-molecular levels, and thus can be used to predict characteristics and performance of any candidate multi-terminal or multi-pole molecular systems prior to their application in real nanoelectronic circuits.展开更多
基金Financial supports from the Research and Technology offices of the University of Qom and the University of Isfahan
文摘Electronic and vibrational intra-molecular thermoelectric-like ?gures of merit(ZT_γ~M) are introduced for single molecule nanoelectronic system, using quantum theory of atoms in molecule. These ?gures of merit are used to describe intra-molecular or local energy dissipation/transition(as in Joule-like, Peltier-like, and Thomson-like effects) in?eld effect molecular devices. The ZT_γ~M?gures of merit are computed for two proposed molecular devices. Analysis of the results shows that ZT_γ~Mdepends almost non-linearly on the electric ?eld(EF) strength. Also, the intra-molecular Joule-like heating plays a dominant role in the local energy dissipation, and intra-molecular Thomson-like heating is generally larger than the intra-molecular Peltier-like heating. Introduction of ZT_γ~Mcan be applied to extend the analysis of thermoelectric heating down to molecular and intra-molecular levels, and thus can be used to predict characteristics and performance of any candidate multi-terminal or multi-pole molecular systems prior to their application in real nanoelectronic circuits.
