Thermoelectric Efficiency of Organometallic Complex Wires via Quantum Resonance Effect and Long-Range Electric Transport Property

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• 作者：Hisao Nakamura ; Tatsuhiko Ohto ; Takao Ishida ; Yoshihiro Asai
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：November 6, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：135
• 期：44
• 页码：16545-16552
• 全文大小：426K
• 年卷期：v.135,no.44(November 6, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5126

文摘

Superior long-range electric transport has been observed in several organometallic wires. Here, we discuss the role of the metal center in the electric transport and examine the possibility of high thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) by controlling the quantum resonance effects. We examined a few metal center (and metal-free) terpyridine-based complexes by first-principles calculations and clarified the role of the metals in determining the transport properties. Quasi-resonant tunneling is mediated by organic compounds, and narrow overlapping resonance states are formed when d-electron metal centers are incorporated. Distinct length (L) and temperature (T) dependencies of thermopower from semiconductor materials or organic molecular junctions are presented in terms of atomistic calculations of ZT with and without considering the phonon thermal conductance. We present an alternative approach to obtain high ZT for molecular junctions by quantum effect.