From molecular thermoelectrics to carbon-based nanophononics


guest talk
Hosted by: Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) of Jerusalem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Research Group on Molecular Electronics
July 23, 2012

The problem of electrical transport at the molecular scale in strongly interconnected with heat transfer and thermal management. In this lecture, we will introduce the basic equations governing charge and phonon transport through molecular junctions and generalize these results to the case of larger pure carbon nanostructures. Main observables in these systems are allowing us to infer on their thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, and its dependence of structural or electronic disorder and atomistic dynamics.


Authors

From molecular thermoelectrics to carbon-based nanophononics


guest talk
Hosted by: Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) of Jerusalem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Research Group on Molecular Electronics
July 23, 2012

The problem of electrical transport at the molecular scale in strongly interconnected with heat transfer and thermal management. In this lecture, we will introduce the basic equations governing charge and phonon transport through molecular junctions and generalize these results to the case of larger pure carbon nanostructures. Main observables in these systems are allowing us to infer on their thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, and its dependence of structural or electronic disorder and atomistic dynamics.


Authors