Nanoelectricity and thermodynamics of inconvertible processes
Б. Л. ОксенгендлерInstitute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, UzbekistanХ. Б. АшуровInstitute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, UzbekistanB. M. AbdurakhmanovInstitute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, UzbekistanС. Е. МаксимовInstitute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Abstract
The possibility of applying the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium processes to thermal electricity is considered. It is shown that there exists a minimal nanophase size where Onsager thermodynamics does not describe the set of the kinetic phenomena such as thermoelectricity.