Abstract
We study the coupled particle and energy transport in a prototype model of interacting one-dimensional system: the disordered hard-point gas, for which numerical data suggest that the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT diverges with the system size. This result is explained in terms of a microscopic mechanism, namely the local equilibrium is characterized by the emergence of a broad stationary "modified Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution", of width much larger than the mean velocity of the particle flow.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 508-513 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Chemical Physics |
Volume | 375 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Oct 5 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Onsager coefficients
- Thermoelectricity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry