ABSTRACT
New devices built from hybrid materials composed of organic and
inorganic components are being researched as replacements to
conventional inorganic semiconductors [1]. These devices exploit
the transport properties of hybrid materials that emerge due to
the juxtaposition of organic molecules with discrete states and
inorganic semiconductors with continuous band structures. An
exciting prospect for hybrid materials is their use in thermoelectric
energy conversion creating an electric current by applying a
temperature gradient in a material, thus converting heat directly
into electricity. In this chapter, wewill discuss the details of this phe-
nomenon in molecular junctions and provide models to elucidate its
behavior.
