• 文献标题:   Thermoelectricity in bilayer graphene superlattices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BRIONESTORRES JA, PEREZALVAREZ R, MOLINAVALDOVINOS S, RODRIGUEZVARGAS I
  • 作者关键词:   bilayer graphene, superlattice, energy miniband, fano resonance, thermoelectricity
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA SCRIPTA
  • ISSN:   0031-8949 EI 1402-4896
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1088/1402-4896/acbbaf
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Low-dimensional thermoelectricity is based on the redistribution-accumulation of the electron density of states by reducing the dimension of thermoelectric structures. Superlattices are the archetype of these structures due to the formation of energy minibands and minigaps. Here, we study for the first time the thermoelectric response of gated bilayer graphene superlattices (GBGSLs). The study is based on the four-band effective Dirac Hamiltonian, the hybrid matrix method and the Landauer-Buttiker formalism. We analyze the Seebeck coefficient, the power factor, figure of merit, output power and efficiency for different temperatures and different superlattice structural parameters. We pay special attention to the impact of not only minibands and minigaps on the thermoelectric properties, but also to intrinsic resonances in bilayer graphene structures such as Breit-Wigner, Fano and hybrid resonances. In particular, we analyze the interplay between minibands and Fano resonances as a possible mechanism to improve the thermoelectric response of GBGSLs. We also compute the density of states to know if the redistribution-accumulation of electron states is implicated in the thermoelectric response of GBGSLs.