Controlling emission and absorption, and radiative heat transfer, is important for photonic
energy conversion and thermal management. However, the reciprocal emission and …

This article provides an in-depth review of charge transport models utilized to analyze the
performance of near-field thermophotovoltaic (NF-TPV) devices, and a comprehensive …

Thermophotovoltaic approaches that take advantage of near-field evanescent modes are
being actively explored due to their potential for high-power density and high-efficiency …

A huge amount of thermal energy is available close to material surfaces in radiative and
nonradiative states, which can be useful for matter characterization or energy harvesting …

Control of heat flow is critical for thermal logic devices and thermal management and has
been explored theoretically. However, experimental progress on active control of heat flow …

Collective optoelectronic phenomena such as plasmons and phonon polaritons can drive
processes in many branches of nanoscale science. Classical physics predicts that a perfect …

Direct conversion of heat to electricity via solid-state approaches is a rapidly advancing area
of research owing to its prospective use in recovering waste heat and in energy storage and …

Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) arises between objects separated by nanoscale
gaps and leads to dramatic enhancements in heat transfer rates compared to the far-field …

Semiconductor membranes emerged as a versatile class of nanomaterials to control lattice
strain and engineer complex heterostructures enabling a variety of innovative applications …

Recent advancement in twisted layered metasurfaces can be employed to control the
nanoscale flow of light, including the exotic hyperbolic-to-elliptic topological transitions in …