Fundamental aspects of steady-state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale

G Benenti, G Casati, K Saito, RS Whitney - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by
nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any macroscopic moving …

Thermodynamics of micro-and nano-systems driven by periodic temperature variations

K Brandner, K Saito, U Seifert - Physical review X, 2015 - APS
We introduce a general framework for analyzing the thermodynamics of small systems that
are driven by both a periodic temperature variation and some external parameter …

Strong Bounds on Onsager Coefficients and Efficiency for Three-Terminal<? format?> Thermoelectric Transport in a Magnetic Field

K Brandner, K Saito, U Seifert - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
For thermoelectric transport in the presence of a magnetic field that breaks time-reversal
symmetry, a strong bound on the Onsager coefficients is derived within a general setup …

Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines

F Mazza, R Bosisio, G Benenti… - New Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of a thermal engine working in the linear response regime in a multi-terminal
configuration is discussed. For the generic three-terminal case, we provide a general …

Multi-terminal thermoelectric transport in a magnetic field: bounds on Onsager coefficients and efficiency

K Brandner, U Seifert - New Journal of Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Thermoelectric transport involving an arbitrary number of terminals is discussed in the
presence of a magnetic field breaking time-reversal symmetry within the linear response …

Efficiency of three-terminal thermoelectric transport under broken time-reversal symmetry

V Balachandran, G Benenti, G Casati - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2013 - APS
We investigate thermoelectric efficiency of systems with broken time-reversal symmetry
under a three-terminal transport. Using a model of Aharonov-Bohm interferometer formed …

Separation of heat and charge currents for boosted thermoelectric conversion

F Mazza, S Valentini, R Bosisio, G Benenti… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
In a multiterminal device the (electronic) heat and charge currents can follow different paths.
In this paper we introduce and analyze a class of multiterminal devices where this property …

Bound on thermoelectric power in a magnetic field within linear response

K Brandner, U Seifert - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
For thermoelectric power generation in a multiterminal geometry, strong numerical evidence
for a universal bound as a function of the magnetic-field induced asymmetry of the …

Onsager reciprocal relations with broken time-reversal symmetry

R Luo, G Benenti, G Casati, J Wang - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
We provide analytical and numerical evidence that Onsager reciprocal relations remain
valid for systems with broken time-reversal symmetry as is typically the case when a generic …

From thermal rectifiers to thermoelectric devices

G Benenti, G Casati, C Mejía-Monasterio… - Thermal Transport in Low …, 2016 - Springer
We discuss thermal rectification and thermoelectric energy conversion from the perspective
of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and dynamical systems theory. After preliminary …