Quantum engines and refrigerators

LM Cangemi, C Bhadra, A Levy - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Engines are systems and devices that convert one form of energy into another, typically into
a more useful form that can perform work. In the classical setup, physical, chemical, and …

Quasiprobabilities in quantum thermodynamics and many-body systems

S Gherardini, G De Chiara - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
In this tutorial, we present the definition, interpretation, and properties of some of the main
quasiprobabilities that can describe the statistics of measurement outcomes evaluated at …

Quasiprobabilities in quantum thermodynamics and many-body systems: A tutorial

S Gherardini, G De Chiara - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.17138, 2024 - arxiv.org
Quasiprobabilities are mathematical quantities describing the statistics of measurement
outcomes evaluated at two or more times, which incorporate the incompatibility of the …

Remote charging and degradation suppression for the quantum battery

WL Song, HB Liu, B Zhou, WL Yang, JH An - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The quantum battery (QB) makes use of quantum effects to store and supply energy, which
may outperform its classical counterpart. However, there are two challenges in this field. One …

Controlling Energy Storage Crossing Quantum Phase Transitions in an Integrable Spin Quantum Battery

R Grazi, D Sacco Shaikh, M Sassetti… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We investigate the performance of a one-dimensional dimerized XY chain as a spin
quantum battery. Such integrable model shows a rich quantum phase diagram that emerges …

Nonreciprocal quantum batteries

B Ahmadi, P Mazurek, P Horodecki, S Barzanjeh - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Nonreciprocity, arising from the breaking of time-reversal symmetry, has become a
fundamental tool in diverse quantum technology applications. It enables directional flow of …

Dephasing enabled fast charging of quantum batteries

R Shastri, C Jiang, GH Xu… - npj Quantum …, 2025 - nature.com
We propose and analyze a universal method to obtain fast charging of a quantum battery by
a driven charger system using controlled, pure dephasing of the charger. While the battery …

Cyclic solid-state quantum battery: thermodynamic characterization and quantum hardware simulation

L Razzoli, G Gemme, I Khomchenko… - Quantum Science …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
We introduce a cyclic quantum battery QB model, based on an interacting bipartite system,
weakly coupled to a thermal bath. The working cycle of the battery consists of four strokes …

Quantum Battery in the Heisenberg Spin Chain Models with Dzyaloshinskii‐Moriya Interaction

XL Zhang, XK Song, D Wang - Advanced Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum battery (QB) is an energy storage and extraction device conforming to the
principles of quantum mechanics. In this study, the characteristics of QBs are considered for …

Proposed Scheme for a Cavity‐Based Quantum Battery

M Hadipour, S Haseli, D Wang… - Advanced Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A scheme for quantum batteries consisting of an atom‐cavity interacting system under a
structured reservoir in the non‐Markovian regime is proposed. A multi‐parameter regime for …