Thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attentions due to their extensive
applications in thermoelectric refrigeration, waste heat recovery, aerospace and other fields …

Phonons are the quantum mechanical descriptions of vibrational modes that manifest
themselves in many physical properties of condensed matter systems. As the size of …

Efficient waste heat dissipation has become increasingly challenging as transistor size has
decreased to nanometers. As governed by universal Umklapp phonon scattering, the …

Thermal rectification is a phenomenon similar to electrical rectification, which can actively
regulate the heat flow. It exhibits high thermal conductivity in one direction, thereby …

As one of the most important energy sources, the efficient utilization and management of
thermal energy have attracted much attention. Thermal rectification can be used for …

Organic semiconductors are attracting considerable attention as a new thermoelectric
material because of their molecular diversity, non-toxicity and easy processing. The side …

Thermal rectification, or the asymmetric transport of heat along a structure, has recently been
investigated as a potential solution to the thermal management issues that accompany the …

The development of MoS 2-based devices presents a significant challenge due to the poor
interfacial thermal transport of metal-MoS 2-dielectric structures, which results in severe …

With the development of chip technology, the density of transistors on integrated circuits is
increasing and the size is gradually shrinking to the micro-/nanoscale, with the consequent …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials and their heterogeneous integration have enabled
promising electronic and photonic applications. However, significant thermal challenges …