In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by
nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any macroscopic moving …

Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

We review recent theoretical work on thermoelectric energy harvesting in multi-terminal
quantum-dot setups. We first discuss several examples of nanoscale heat engines based on …

In the past decade, a new research frontier emerges at the interface between physics and
renewable energy, termed as inelastic thermoelectric effects, where inelastic transport …

We demonstrate experimentally an autonomous nanoscale energy harvester that utilizes the
physics of resonant tunneling quantum dots. Gate-defined quantum dots on GaAs/AlGaAs …

We analyze the time-dependent energy and heat flows in a resonant level coupled to a
fermionic continuum. The level is periodically forced with an external power source that …

We propose and analyze a simple mesoscopic quantum heat engine that exhibits both high
power and high efficiency. The system consists of a biased Josephson junction coupled to …

We investigate the nonlinear scattering theory for quantum systems with strong Seebeck and
Peltier effects, and consider their use as heat engines and refrigerators with finite power …

The thermoelectric properties of a three-terminal quantum Hall conductor are investigated.
We identify a contribution to the thermoelectric response that relies on the chirality of the …

We investigate charge and energy transport in a three-terminal quantum Hall conductor. The
peculiar properties of chiral propagation along the edges of the sample have important …