Issue 15, 2016
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Chemical Society Reviews

Thermopower measurements in molecular junctions

Laura Rincón-García,ab   Charalambos Evangeli,a   Gabino Rubio-Bollingerac  and  Nicolás Agraït*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
E-mail: nicolas.agrait@uam.es

b Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia IMDEA-Nanociencia, E-28049 Madrid, Spain

c Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales “Nicolás Cabrera”, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

The measurement of thermopower in molecular junctions offers complementary information to conductance measurements and is becoming essential for the understanding of transport processes at the nanoscale. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in the study of the thermoelectric properties of molecular junctions. After presenting the theoretical background for thermoelectricity at the nanoscale, we review the experimental techniques for measuring the thermopower in these systems and discuss the main results. Finally, we consider the challenges in the application of molecular junctions in viable thermoelectric devices.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CS00141F
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
23 Feb 2016
First published
09 Jun 2016

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016,45, 4285-4306

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Thermopower measurements in molecular junctions

L. Rincón-García, C. Evangeli, G. Rubio-Bollinger and N. Agraït, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 4285 DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00141F

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