Large-scale database analysis of anomalous thermal conductivity of quasicrystals and its application to thermal diodes

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Autores principales: Kurono, Takashi, Zhang, Jinjia, Kamimura, Yasushi, Edagawa, Keiichi
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Publicado: 2024
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author Kurono, Takashi
Zhang, Jinjia
Kamimura, Yasushi
Edagawa, Keiichi
author_facet Kurono, Takashi
Zhang, Jinjia
Kamimura, Yasushi
Edagawa, Keiichi
contents One long-standing and crucial issues in the study of quasicrystals has been to identify the physical properties characteristic of quasicrystals. The large positive temperature coefficient of thermal conductivity at temperatures above room temperature, which has been observed in several quasicrystals, is one such characteristic property. Here, we show that this is indeed a very distinct property of quasicrystals through analysis using a large physical property database "Starrydata". In fact, several quasicrystals ranked nearly first among more than 10,000 samples of various materials (metallic alloys, semiconductors, ceramics, etc.) in terms of the magnitude of the positive temperature coefficient of thermal conductivity. This unique property makes quasicrystals ideal for use in composite thermal diodes. We searched the database for the most suitable materials that can be combined with quasicrystals to create high-performance composite thermal diodes. Analytical calculations using a simple one-dimensional model showed that by selecting the optimal material, a thermal rectification ratio of 3.2 can be obtained. Heat transfer simulations based on the finite element method confirmed that this can be achieved under realistic conditions. This is the highest value of the thermal rectification ratio reported to date for this type of thermal diode.
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spellingShingle Large-scale database analysis of anomalous thermal conductivity of quasicrystals and its application to thermal diodes
Kurono, Takashi
Zhang, Jinjia
Kamimura, Yasushi
Edagawa, Keiichi
Materials Science
One long-standing and crucial issues in the study of quasicrystals has been to identify the physical properties characteristic of quasicrystals. The large positive temperature coefficient of thermal conductivity at temperatures above room temperature, which has been observed in several quasicrystals, is one such characteristic property. Here, we show that this is indeed a very distinct property of quasicrystals through analysis using a large physical property database "Starrydata". In fact, several quasicrystals ranked nearly first among more than 10,000 samples of various materials (metallic alloys, semiconductors, ceramics, etc.) in terms of the magnitude of the positive temperature coefficient of thermal conductivity. This unique property makes quasicrystals ideal for use in composite thermal diodes. We searched the database for the most suitable materials that can be combined with quasicrystals to create high-performance composite thermal diodes. Analytical calculations using a simple one-dimensional model showed that by selecting the optimal material, a thermal rectification ratio of 3.2 can be obtained. Heat transfer simulations based on the finite element method confirmed that this can be achieved under realistic conditions. This is the highest value of the thermal rectification ratio reported to date for this type of thermal diode.
title Large-scale database analysis of anomalous thermal conductivity of quasicrystals and its application to thermal diodes
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07735