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    Area of Science:

    • Nanotechnology
    • Materials Science
    • Thermodynamics

    Background:

    • Radiative thermal rectifiers enable directional heat transfer, crucial for thermal management.
    • Engineering emissivity spectra is key to achieving rectification.
    • Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a phase change material with tunable infrared properties.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and analyze a far-field radiative thermal rectifier.
    • To utilize VO2 as a phase change material for active thermal control.
    • To maximize the thermal rectification effect through numerical optimization.

    Main Methods:

    • Design of a thermal rectifier using a metamaterial infrared absorber and a two-layer thin-film structure.
    • Numerical optimization of emissivity spectra for active and passive components.
    • Simulation of heat transfer under temperature bias.

    Main Results:

    • A far-field radiative thermal rectifier design utilizing VO2 was proposed.
    • Numerical optimization enhanced the control over emissivity spectra.
    • A large thermal rectification factor of 3.5 was predicted at a temperature bias of 100 K.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed VO2-based thermal rectifier demonstrates significant potential for asymmetric heat flux transfer.
    • The device design and optimization strategy are effective in achieving high rectification performance.
    • This work offers a promising approach for advanced thermal management solutions.