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Dual-mode solid-state thermal rectification.

ABSTRACT: Thermal rectification is an exotic thermal transport phenomenon which allows heat to transfer in one direction but block the other. We demonstrate an unusual dual-mode solid-state thermal rectification effect using a heterogeneous "irradiated-pristine" polyethylene nanofiber junction as a nanoscale thermal diode, in which heat flow can be rectified in both directions by changing the working temperature. For the nanofiber samples measured here, we observe a maximum thermal rectification factor as large as ~50%, which only requires a small temperature bias of <10?K. The tunable nanoscale thermal diodes with large rectification and narrow temperature bias open up new possibilities for developing advanced thermal management, energy conversion and, potentially thermophononic technologies.

SUBMITTER: Shrestha R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455708 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dual-mode solid-state thermal rectification.

Shrestha Ramesh R Luan Yuxuan Y Luo Xiao X Shin Sunmi S Zhang Teng T Smith Phil P Gong Wei W Bockstaller Michael M Luo Tengfei T Chen Renkun R Hippalgaonkar Kedar K Shen Sheng S

Nature communications 20200828 1

Thermal rectification is an exotic thermal transport phenomenon which allows heat to transfer in one direction but block the other. We demonstrate an unusual dual-mode solid-state thermal rectification effect using a heterogeneous "irradiated-pristine" polyethylene nanofiber junction as a nanoscale thermal diode, in which heat flow can be rectified in both directions by changing the working temperature. For the nanofiber samples measured here, we observe a maximum thermal rectification factor as ...[more]

PMID: 32859936

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