Nonreciprocal thermal photonics for energy conversion and radiative heat transfer

Z Zhang, L Zhu - Physical Review Applied, 2022 - APS
Controlling emission and absorption, and radiative heat transfer, is important for photonic
energy conversion and thermal management. However, the reciprocal emission and …

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 …

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

J ** thermal analogues of a field-effect transistor could open the door to a low-power
and even zero-power communication technology working with heat rather than electricity …

Observation of heat pum** effect by radiative shuttling

Y Li, Y Dang, S Zhang, X Li, T Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Heat shuttling phenomenon is characterized by the presence of a non-zero heat flow
between two bodies without net thermal bias on average. It was initially predicted in the …

Many-body near-field radiative heat transfer: methods, functionalities and applications

J Song, Q Cheng, B Zhang, L Lu, X Zhou… - Reports on Progress …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) governed by evanescent waves, provides a
platform to thoroughly understand the transport behavior of nonradiative photons, and also …

Solid‐state thermal control devices

T Swoboda, K Klinar, AS Yalamarthy… - Advanced electronic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, solid‐state thermal control devices have emerged as potential
candidates for enhanced thermal management and storage. They distinguish themselves …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrahigh-rectification near-field radiative thermal diode using infrared-transparent film backsided phase-transition metasurface

Y Liu, Y Tian, F Chen, A Caratenuto, X Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a theoretical study of near-field radiative thermal rectification combining phase-
transition and high-infrared-transmittance materials. The phase-transition material vanadium …

Intelligent radiative thermostat induced by near-field radiative thermal diode

Y Liu, M Antezza, Y Zheng - Materials Today Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
A radiative thermostat system senses its own temperature and automatically modulates heat
transfer by turning on/off the cooling to maintain its temperature near a desired set point …