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Chakraborty, Dhritiman, Brooke, Joshua, Hulse, Nicholas C. S. and Neophytou, Neophytos (2019) Thermal rectification optimization in nanoporous Si using Monte Carlo simulations. Journal of Applied Physics, 126 (18). 184303. doi:10.1063/1.5119806
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5119806
Abstract
We investigate thermal rectification in nanoporous silicon using a semiclassical Monte Carlo simulation method. We consider geometrically asymmetric nanoporous structures and investigate the combined effects of porosity, interpore distance, and pore position relative to the device boundaries. Two basis geometries are considered, one in which the pores are arranged in rectangular arrays and ones in which they form triangular arrangements. We show that systems (i) with denser, compressed pore arrangements (i.e., with smaller interpore distances), (ii) with the pores positioned closer to the device edge/contact, and (iii) with the pores in a triangular arrangement can achieve rectification of over 55%. Introducing smaller pores into existing porous geometries in a hierarchical fashion increases rectification even further to over 60%. Importantly, for the structures we simulate, we show that sharp rectifying junctions, separating regions of long from short phonon mean-free-paths, are more beneficial for rectification than spreading the asymmetry throughout the material along the heat direction in a graded fashion.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Thermal analysis, Nanostructured materials, Thermal conductivity , Nanotechnology, Monte Carlo method | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Physics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0021-8979 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 126 | ||||||||
| Number: | 18 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 184303 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.5119806 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Chakraborty, Dhritiman, Brooke, Joshua, Hulse, Nicholas C. S. and Neophytou, Neophytos (2019) Thermal rectification optimization in nanoporous Si using Monte Carlo simulations. Journal of Applied Physics, 126 (18). 184303. doi:10.1063/1.5119806 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5119806 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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