• 文献标题:   Thermoelectric figure of merit in a quantum wire coupled to a graphene sheet between ferromagnetic leads
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU BH, ZHOU BL, ZENG YS, ZENG AH, ZHOU GH
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  • 出版物名称:   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B
  • ISSN:   1434-6028 EI 1434-6036
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shaoyang Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1140/epjb/e2014-40979-5
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We theoretically investigate the figure of merit ZT for a quantum wire side-coupled by a graphene sheet and sandwiched between two ferromagnetic electrodes with noncollinear magnetic moments. By using the nonequilibrium Green's function combining with the tight-binding Hamiltonian, we demonstrate that the ZT for the system develops an oscillating behavior and weakly depends on the wire-graphene coupling strength as well as magnetic configuration of the leads. On the contrary, it is strongly dependent on temperature and the polarization strength of the leads. Importantly, the maximum value of ZT for the system without the polarization strength (p=0) is about 1.1 at temperature k(B)T = 0.015 Gamma(0), which is in agreement with the experimental measurements for silicon nanowires.