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Thermovoltage and heat dissipation in a triangle quantum dot junction

We numerically investigate the thermoelectric properties of a triangle quantum dot connected to metallic electrodes using the non-equilibrium Green's function method in the Anderson model. Exploiting the equation of motion method in the Coulomb-blockade regime, the thermovoltage, thermocurrent and heat dissipation are calculated. Results show that the thermovoltage and thermocurrent have nonlinear behavior, and the magnitude and sign of them can be controlled with site energy and coupling strength of quantum dots. Moreover, we find that the heat current is nonlinear and asymmetric respect to the sign of bias voltage for all of the site energies of quantum dots. Analyses show that the heat current can be positive or negative for all of the site energies and becomes zero for the nonzero voltages. These results can be useful to determine the performance of the nanoscale electronic devices to control the heat dissipations.