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Characterization of Thermal Transport in One-dimensional Solid Materials

Characterization of Thermal Transport in One-dimensional Solid Materials

Published on: January 26, 2014

Heat conduction and reversed thermal diode: the interface effect.

Jun Wang¹, Zhigang Zheng

¹Department of Physics and The Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Beijing), Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

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Interface collisions significantly impact the thermal-diode effect in lattices. At high temperatures, the effect weakens, while at low temperatures, a reversed thermal diode emerges due to phonon-band mixing.

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Area of Science:

Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology

Background:

The thermal-diode effect is crucial for thermal management.
Understanding interface effects is key to controlling heat transport.
Previous studies often neglected interface collisions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the influence of interface collisions on the thermal-diode effect.
To explore the behavior of thermal diodes in two-segment lattices.
To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of temperature-dependent thermal diode characteristics.

Main Methods:

Theoretical study of heat transport in segmented lattices.
Analysis of phonon behavior and band mixing at interfaces.
Investigation of heat current dependence on average temperature.

Main Results:

The thermal-diode effect weakens or disappears at high average temperatures.
A reversed thermal diode is observed at low temperatures, contrary to collisionless cases.
Phonon-band mixing induced by interface collisions explains these phenomena.

Conclusions:

Interface collisions play a critical role in modulating the thermal-diode effect.
Neglecting interface collisions can lead to inaccurate predictions of thermal diode behavior.
The findings offer insights into designing materials with tunable thermal transport properties.