5 papers
Thermal Property Microscopy with Compressive Sensing Frequency-Domain Thermoreflectance
Haobo Yang, Zhenguo Zhu, Zhongnan Xie +6
Spatial mapping of thermal properties is critical for unveiling the structure-property relation of materials, heterogeneous interfaces, and devices. These property images can also…
Proper Characterization of Heat-to-Electric Conversion Efficiency of Liquid Thermogalvanic Cells
Qiangqiang Huang, Yuchi Chen, Ronggui Yang +1
Liquid thermogalvanic cells (LTCs) have emerged as a promising technology for harvesting low-grade heat due to their low cost, compact design, and high thermopower. However, discre…
Multi-Carrier Thermal Transport in Electronic and Energy Conversion Devices
Te-Huan Liu, Tianyu Wang, Jun Zhou +2
Nonequilibrium multi-carrier thermal transport is essential for both scientific research and technological applications in electronic, spintronic, and energy conversion devices. Th…
API Phonons: Python Interfaces for Phonon Transport Modeling
Xin Qian, Guanda Quan, Te-Huan Liu +1
API Phonons is a Python software package to predict the transport dynamics of heat-carrying phonons. Using the powerful syntax of Python, this package provides modules and function…
Analytical Green's Function of Multidimensional Boltzmann Transport Equation for Modeling Hydrodynamic Second Sound
Xin Qian, Chuang Zhang, Te-Huan Liu +1
Hydrodynamic second sound can be generated by heat pulses when the phonon-phonon interaction is dominantly momentum conserving, and the propagation of the temperature field becomes…