Collective Diffusion and Strange-Metal Transport

We study a particular combination of charge and heat currents, which is decoupled with the heat current. The "heat-decoupled" (HD) current can be transported by diffusion at long distances, when the thermoelectric effect is small, large, or balanced. Using holographic models with momentum relaxation, we illustrate that the different thermoelectric effects correspond to the high temperatures and strong disorder, low temperatures, or special critical index. Meanwhile, the Einstein-like relation and the diffusion/chaos relation may be emergent. Assuming that the existence and features of HD modes appear in strange metals, we can predict that when the thermoelectric effect is not very large, the scaling of resistivity is predominantly controlled by the HD susceptibility and chaos; otherwise more physics is required.     

Electron transport through ac driven graphene p–n junctions

We study the electronic transport through ac driven graphene p–n junctions under a perpendicular magnetic field. It is found that subject to the transversely or longitudinally polarized ac field, in the p–n region, the conductance versus the on-site energy of the right electrode exhibits a characteristic structure with a zero value plateau and the followed oscillation peaks, whose widths are greatly suppressed by the ac field. In the n–n region, the conductance plateaus at $G=(n+1/2)(4e^2/h)$ (n is an integer) shrink for the transversely polarized ac field, whereas accompanied with the addition of the new quantized plateaus at $G=n(4e^2/h)$ for the longitudinally polarized ac field. The combined influence of the ac field with the disorder can trigger a change in the mixing of the hole and electron states at the p–n interface, which leads to a destruction of the plateaus structure in the conductance versus the disorder strength with the emergence of new ones. The influence of the elliptically and circularly polarized ac field on the conductance is also shown.     

An explicit analytical expression for bed-load layer thickness based on maximum entropy principle

The present study aims to derive an analytical model on bed-load layer thickness in an open channel turbulent flow carrying sediments. Determination of the thickness of the bed-load layer is of utmost importance in the study of bed-load transport as it is required to determine the bed-load transport rate, as well as in the study of suspended load transport as it acts as reference level for the particles in suspension. Apart from the several deterministic approaches available in the literature, the work adopts probabilistic approach based on entropy theory to determine the bed-load layer thickness. The concept of entropy theory developed by Shannon is used and the method of Lagrange multipliers is employed for the maximization of entropy function to find the least biased probability distribution. To calculate the Lagrange multipliers, present in the probabilistic model of dimensionless bed-load layer thickness, two different methodologies are presented. The model of bed-load layer thickness is a function of dimensionless shear stress and also depends on three other parameters which are found to be functions of specific gravity of sediment particle and dimensionless particle diameter from a non-linear regression analysis. The proposed model is validated with wide sets of experimental data available in literature and a good agreement is achieved. Apart from comparison with data, the model is also compared with existing deterministic model and computation of relative percentage error proves the better efficiency of the present model.     

A high-efficiency spin polarizer based on edge and surface disordered silicene nanoribbons

Using the tight-binding formalism, we explore the effect of weak disorder upon the conductance of zigzag edge silicene nanoribbons (SiNRs), in the limit of phase-coherent transport. We find that the fashion of the conductance varies with disorder, and depends strongly on the type of disorder. Conductance dips are observed at the Van Hove singularities, owing to quasilocalized states existing in surface disordered SiNRs. A conductance gap is observed around the Fermi energy for both edge and surface disordered SiNRs, because edge states are localized. The average conductance of the disordered SiNRs decreases exponentially with the increase of disorder, and finally tends to disappear. The near-perfect spin polarization can be realized in SiNRs with a weak edge or surface disorder, and also can be attained by both the local electric field and the exchange field.     

Effects of photon field on heat transport through a quantum wire attached to leads

We theoretically investigate photo-thermoelectric transport through a quantum wire in a photon cavity coupled to electron reservoirs with different temperatures. Our approach, based on a quantum master equation, allows us to investigate the influence of a quantized photon field on the heat current and thermoelectric transport in the system. We find that the heat current through the quantum wire is influenced by the photon field resulting in a negative heat current in certain cases. The characteristics of the transport are studied by tuning the ratio, $?{\omega }_{\gamma }/k_{\mathrm{B}}\mathrm{\Delta }T$, between the photon energy, $?{\omega }_{\gamma }$, and the thermal energy, $k_{\mathrm{B}}\mathrm{\Delta }T$. The thermoelectric transport is enhanced by the cavity photons when $k_{\mathrm{B}}\mathrm{\Delta }T>?{\omega }_{\gamma }$. By contrast, if $k_{\mathrm{B}}\mathrm{\Delta }T<?{\omega }_{\gamma }$, the photon field is dominant and a suppression in the thermoelectric transport can be found in the case when the cavity-photon field is close to a resonance with the two lowest one-electron states in the system. Our approach points to a new technique to amplify thermoelectric current in nano-devices.     

电纺ZnO纳米纤维电子传输层提高倒置PTB7∶PC70BM电池效率

研究利用静电纺丝制备的不同直径ZnO纳米纤维作为倒置结构有机太阳能电池的电子传输层对器件转化效率的影响。首先通过静电纺丝技术成功制备了半径在43～110 nm之间的ZnO纳米纤维,然后将ZnO纳米纤维作为电子传输层加入到倒置结构有机太阳能电池（ITO/ZnO∶ZnO nanofiber/PTB7∶PC₇₀BM/MoO₃/Al）。与平面结构的ZnO电子传输层相比,ZnO纳米纤维具有比表面积大等优点,增加了电子传输和抽取能力,提高了器件的光电转化效率。实验发现ZnO纳米纤维的直径越小,电池效率越大。当ZnO纳米纤维直径为(46±5)nm,接收时间为30 s时,作为电子传输层的电池效率提高了8%。     

有机/无机复合双层电子传输层的量子点发光二极管

采用有机/无机复合双层电子传输层（ETL）研制绿色QLEDs,其中有机ETL采用OLED中常见的ETL材料,无机ETL采用ZnO纳米颗粒,并通过调控有机ETL厚度改变电子注入,使电子/空穴达到平衡。制备的器件结构为:ITO/PEDOT:PSS/TFB/QDs/ZnO NPs/TPBI:Liq/Al,其中有机电子传输层TPBI:Liq采用真空蒸镀沉积。与仅采用ZnO电子传输层的器件相比,可以使器件性能得到大幅提升:器件的最大电流效率从11.53 cd/A提升到22.77 cd/A,同时器件的启亮电压、电致发光光谱无明显变化。判断有机ETL的主要作用是抑制了过量电子的注入和传输,在发光亮度变化不大的情况下,降低了器件的无效复合（例如俄歇复合）电流,从而使电流效率明显提升。     

耦合形貌对Si4团簇电子输运影响的第一性原理计算

运用密度泛函理论与非平衡格林函数相结合的方法,对Si₄团簇与Au （100）-3×3两电极以顶位-顶位、顶位-空位、空位-空位三种形貌相连构成的Au-Si₄-Au纳米结点的拉伸过程进行第一性原理模拟,计算不同构型纳米结点在不同距离的电导和结合能.讨论耦合形貌、距离对结点电导的影响,结合能的计算表明三种不同耦合形貌结点存在稳定平衡结构,其平衡电导分别为0.71 G₀、0.96 G₀和2.44 G₀,且在-1.2 V~1.2 V的电压范围内,三种不同耦合形貌结点稳定结构表现出类似金属的导电特性,其I-V关系都近似为直线.计算结果表明Si₄团簇与电极的耦合形貌、两极距离对纳米结点电子输运有重要影响.