The design of a thermal rectifier

Details The design of a thermal rectifier The design of a thermal rectifier

2006-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608569v1

Europhysics Letters, published online 25 August 2006

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2006-10223-5

The idea that one can build a solid-state device that lets heat flow more easily in one way than in the other, forming a heat valve, is counter-intuitive. However the design of a thermal rectifier can be easily understood from the basic laws of heat conduction. Here we show how it can be done. This analysis exhibits several ideas that could in principle be implemented to design a thermal rectifier, by selecting materials with the proper properties. In order to show the feasibility of the concept, we complete this study by introducing a simple model system that meets the requirements of the design.

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