One-dimensional hard-point gas as a thermoelectric engine.
We demonstrate the possibility to build a thermoelectric engine using a one-dimensional gas of molecules with unequal masses and hard-point interaction. Most importantly, we show that the efficiency of this engine is determined by a parameter YT which is different from the well known figure of merit ZT . Even though the efficiency of this particular model is low, our results shed light on the problem and open the possibility to build efficient thermoelectric engines.
Wang
Jiao
J
Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Casati
Giulio
G
Prosen
Tomaz
T
Lai
C-H
CH