Tunable Heat-Flux Rectification in Graded Nanowires in Non-Linear Guyer-Krumhansl Regime

We study heat rectification in composition-graded nanowires, with nonlocal and nonlinear effects taken into account in a generalized Guyer-Krumhansl equation. Using a thermal conductivity dependent on composition and temperature, the heat equation is solved. Introducing a non-vanishing heat supply (...

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Autores: Carlomagno, Isabella, Cimmelli, Vito Antonio|||0000-0001-7955-4564, Jou i Mirabent, David|||0000-0003-3731-5877
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:282052
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/282052
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/nano13091442
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Heat rectification
Graded materials
Composition-dependent thermal conductivity
Nonlinear Guyer-Krumhansl equation
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Resumo:We study heat rectification in composition-graded nanowires, with nonlocal and nonlinear effects taken into account in a generalized Guyer-Krumhansl equation. Using a thermal conductivity dependent on composition and temperature, the heat equation is solved. Introducing a non-vanishing heat supply (as for instance, a lateral radiative heat supply), we explore the conditions under which either nonlocal or nonlinear effects or both contribute to heat rectification and how they may be controlled by means of the external radiative flux. The corresponding rectification coefficients are calculated as well, and the physical conditions under which the system becomes a thermal diode are pointed out.