# Minimal Entropy Production and Efficiency of Energy Conversion in Nonlinear Thermoelectric Systems with Two Temperatures

@article{Rogolino2017MinimalEP,
title={Minimal Entropy Production and Efficiency of Energy Conversion in Nonlinear Thermoelectric Systems with Two Temperatures},
author={Patrizia Rogolino and Antonio Sellitto and Vito Antonio Cimmelli},
journal={Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics},
year={2017},
volume={42},
pages={287 - 303}
}
• Published 27 January 2017
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Abstract In this paper we determine the physical conditions ensuring that the efficiency of a thermoelectric nanowire with two temperatures is optimal. We consider the case in which the entropy for unitary volume depends on the equilibrium variables only, and the case in which such a quantity depends on the dissipative fluxes, too. We prove that in these two different situations the conditions of optimal efficiency are different.
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