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Front. Phys.    2021, Vol. 16 Issue (4) : 43201    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-021-1051-3
TOPICAL REVIEW
A brief review of thermal transport in mesoscopic systems from nonequilibrium Green’s function approach
Zhi-Zhou Yu, Guo-Huan Xiong, Li-Fa Zhang()
NNU-SULI Thermal Energy Research Center (NSTER) & Center for Quantum Transport and Thermal Energy Science (CQTES), School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Abstract

With the rapidly increasing integration density and power density in nanoscale electronic devices, the thermal management concerning heat generation and energy harvesting becomes quite crucial. Since phonon is the major heat carrier in semiconductors, thermal transport due to phonons in mesoscopic systems has attracted much attention. In quantum transport studies, the nonequilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) method is a versatile and powerful tool that has been developed for several decades. In this review, we will discuss theoretical investigations of thermal transport using the NEGF approach from two aspects. For the aspect of phonon transport, the phonon NEGF method is briefly introduced and its applications on thermal transport in mesoscopic systems including one-dimensional atomic chains, multi-terminal systems, and transient phonon transport are discussed. For the aspect of thermoelectric transport, the caloritronic effects in which the charge, spin, and valley degrees of freedom are manipulated by the temperature gradient are discussed. The time-dependent thermoelectric behavior is also presented in the transient regime within the partitioned scheme based on the NEGF method.
Keywords thermal transport      nonequilibrium Green’s function     
Corresponding Author(s): Li-Fa Zhang   
Just Accepted Date: 20 January 2021   Issue Date: 12 April 2021
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Zhi-Zhou Yu,Guo-Huan Xiong,Li-Fa Zhang. A brief review of thermal transport in mesoscopic systems from nonequilibrium Green’s function approach[J]. Front. Phys. , 2021, 16(4): 43201.
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