Thermal rectification enabled by near-field Radiative heat transfer between intrinsic silicon and a dissimilar material

Physics & Astronomy

• radiative heat transfer 65%
• rectification 58%
• near fields 45%
• silicon 28%
• vacuum 20%
• rectifiers 16%
• configurations 10%
• management systems 9%
• planar structures 8%
• temperature 7%
• thermal radiation 7%
• gold 5%
• engineering 4%
• phonons 4%
• heat 4%
• photons 3%
• energy 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Dissimilar materials 69%
• Silicon 41%
• Vacuum 38%
• Heat transfer 35%
• Hot Temperature 25%
• Temperature 14%
• Phonons 13%
• Photons 10%
• Heat radiation 10%
• Gold 9%
• Thermal effects 8%
• Thermal energy 8%
• Temperature control 8%

Chemical Compounds

• Radiative Heat Transfer 100%
• Vacuum 42%
• Phonon 11%
• Photon 10%
• Heat 7%
• Flow 6%
• Application 6%
• Energy 4%