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Heating and thermoelectric transport in a molecular junction

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The energy dissipation and heat flows associated with the particle current in a system with a molecular junction are considered. In this connection, we determine the effective temperature of the molecular oscillator that is compatible with the existence of a steady state. The calculations based on the Kadanoff-Baym nonequilibrium Green function formalism are carried out supposing a strong coupling of the dot electrons with the molecular vibrations. Accordingly, the representation given by the Lang-Firsov polaron transformation is used and the dependence of results on the electron–phonon interaction strength is investigated.

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    Jan Loos

  2. Institute of Physics, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, 17487, Greifswald, Germany

    Thomas Koch & Holger Fehske

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Loos, J., Koch, T. & Fehske, H. Heating and thermoelectric transport in a molecular junction. Eur. Phys. J. B 90, 230 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2017-80507-7

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