A review of state of the art thermal diodes and their potential applications

MY Wong, CY Tso, TC Ho, HH Lee - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal management is an essential aspect of various applications, especially in the area of
electronic miniaturization. Thermal diodes, which exhibit asymmetric heat transfer …

A review of thermal rectification observations and models in solid materials

NA Roberts, DG Walker - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
Thermal rectification is a phenomenon in which thermal transport along a specific axis is
dependent upon the sign of the temperature gradient or heat current. This phenomenon …

Development of novel thermal diode based on improved check valve and modified wick structure

J **-Wang-20/publication/263609533_Thermal_Rectification_Enabled_by_Near-Field_Radiative_Heat_Transfer_Between_Intrinsic_Silicon_and_a_Dissimilar_Material/links/546b85620cf20dedafd53305/Thermal-Rectification-Enabled-by-Near-Field-Radiative-Heat-Transfer-Between-Intrinsic-Silicon-and-a-Dissimilar-Material.pdf?origin=journalDetail&_tp=eyJwYWdlIjoiam91cm5hbERldGFpbCJ9" data-clk="hl=ja&sa=T&oi=gga&ct=gga&cd=5&d=12410194566816839289&ei=U9amZ96TA9O96rQP6YiX-Qs" data-clk-atid="ebaZ3DTeOawJ" target="_blank">[PDF] researchgate.net

Thermal rectification enabled by near-field radiative heat transfer between intrinsic silicon and a dissimilar material

LP Wang, ZM Zhang - Nanoscale and microscale thermophysical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Thermal rectification has recently attracted great attention because it could allow heat to flow
in a preferred direction and may have promising applications in thermal management and …

Monte Carlo methods for solving the Boltzmann transport equation

JPM Péraud, CD Landon… - Annual Review of Heat …, 2014 - dl.begellhouse.com
ABSTRACT We review Monte Carlo methods for solving the Boltzmann equation for
applications to small-scale transport processes, with particular emphasis on nanoscale heat …

Pattern-free thermal modulator via thermal radiation between Van der Waals materials

X Liu, J Shen, Y Xuan - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2017 - Elsevier
Modulating heat flux provides a platform for a plethora of emerging devices such as thermal
diodes, thermal transistors, and thermal memories. Here, a pattern-free noncontact thermal …

Nonequilibrium thermal rectification at the junction of harmonic chains

SV Dmitriev, VA Kuzkin, AM Krivtsov - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
A thermal diode or rectifier is a system that transmits heat or energy in one direction better
than in the opposite direction. We investigate the influence of the distribution of energy …

A series circuit of thermal rectifiers: an effective way to enhance rectification ratio

S Hu, M An, N Yang, B Li - arxiv preprint arxiv:1605.01806, 2016 - arxiv.org
The low rectification ratio limits the application of thermal rectifiers. In this paper, it is found
that a series circuit of thermal rectifiers in asymmetric graphene/graphene phononic crystal …