Radiative thermal rectification in many-body systems
Radiative thermal diodes based on two-element structures rectify heat flows thanks to a temperature dependence of material optical properties. The heat transport asymmetry through these systems, however, remains weak without a significant change in material properties with the temperature. Here we e...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/179158 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/179158 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Propietats tèrmiques Propietats òptiques Transferència radiativa Thermal properties Optical properties Radiative transfer |
| Sumario: | Radiative thermal diodes based on two-element structures rectify heat flows thanks to a temperature dependence of material optical properties. The heat transport asymmetry through these systems, however, remains weak without a significant change in material properties with the temperature. Here we explore the heat transport in three-element radiative systems and demonstrate that a strong asymmetry in the thermal conductance can appear because of many-body interactions, without any dependence of optical properties on the temperature. The analysis of transport in three-body systems made with polar dielectrics and metallic layers reveals that rectification coefficients exceeding 50% can be achieved in the near-field regime with temperature differences of about 200 K. This work paves the way for compact devices to rectify near-field radiative heat fluxes over a broad temperature range and could have important applications in the domain of nanoscale thermal management. |
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