This mini review paper provides the study progresses on optimal performance of three kinds
of typical microscopic systems, ie thermal Brownian motors, energy selective electron …

In this paper, a model of irreversible three-electron-reservoir energy selective electron (ESE)
cooling device with heat leakage is established. By utilizing the finite time thermodynamics …

Applying finite-time thermodynamics (FTT) and electronic transport theory, the optimal
performances of irreversible single resonance energy selective electron (ESE) refrigerator …

According to the established model of a single resonance energy selective electron
refrigerator with heat leakage in the previous literature, this paper performs multi-objective …

A theoretical model for energy selective electron (ESE) heat pumps operating with two-
dimensional electron reservoirs is established in this study. In this model, a double …

Theoretical modeling for a microscopic ESE (energy selective electron) heat engine with
double-resonance energy filters is performed in this paper. The heat flow characteristics and …

Three-terminal energy selective electron (ESE) devices consisting of three electronic
reservoirs connected by two energy filters and an electronic conductor with negligible …

Most electronic cooling devices consist of two reservoirs linked by an energy filter, which
only allows high-energy electrons to transport from the cold reservoir to the hot reservoir …

Thermochemical refrigerators, constituted by a cold/hot reservoir with an energy filter
between them, are established by utilizing Maxwell–Boltzmann, Fermi–Dirac, and Bose …

In this paper, we propose a pair of symmetric three-terminal refrigerator models with a hot
cavity connected to two colder reservoirs via ideal tunneling quantum dots. The cooling of …