Multi-Carrier Thermal Transport in Electronic and Energy Conversion Devices

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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Te-Huan, Wang, Tianyu, Zhou, Jun, Qian, Xin, Yang, Ronggui
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author Liu, Te-Huan
Wang, Tianyu
Zhou, Jun
Qian, Xin
Yang, Ronggui
author_facet Liu, Te-Huan
Wang, Tianyu
Zhou, Jun
Qian, Xin
Yang, Ronggui
contents Nonequilibrium multi-carrier thermal transport is essential for both scientific research and technological applications in electronic, spintronic, and energy conversion devices. This article reviews the fundamentals of phonon, electron, spin, and ion transport driven by temperature gradients in solid-state and soft condensed matters, and the microscopic interactions between energy/charge carriers that can be leveraged for manipulating electrical and thermal transport in energy conversion devices, such as electron-phonon coupling, spin-phonon interaction, and ion-solvent interactions, etc. In coupled electron-phonon transport, we discuss the basics of electron-phonon interactions and their effects on phonon dynamics, thermalization, and nonequilibrium thermal transport. For the phonon-spin interaction, nonequilibrium transport formulation is introduced first, followed by the physics of spin thermoelectric effect and strategies to manipulate them. Contributions to thermal conductivity from magnons as heat carriers are also reviewed. For coupled transport of heat and ions/molecules, we highlight the importance of local molecular configurations that determine the magnitude of the electrochemical gradient, which is the key to improving the efficiency of low-grade heat energy conversion.
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spellingShingle Multi-Carrier Thermal Transport in Electronic and Energy Conversion Devices
Liu, Te-Huan
Wang, Tianyu
Zhou, Jun
Qian, Xin
Yang, Ronggui
Materials Science
Nonequilibrium multi-carrier thermal transport is essential for both scientific research and technological applications in electronic, spintronic, and energy conversion devices. This article reviews the fundamentals of phonon, electron, spin, and ion transport driven by temperature gradients in solid-state and soft condensed matters, and the microscopic interactions between energy/charge carriers that can be leveraged for manipulating electrical and thermal transport in energy conversion devices, such as electron-phonon coupling, spin-phonon interaction, and ion-solvent interactions, etc. In coupled electron-phonon transport, we discuss the basics of electron-phonon interactions and their effects on phonon dynamics, thermalization, and nonequilibrium thermal transport. For the phonon-spin interaction, nonequilibrium transport formulation is introduced first, followed by the physics of spin thermoelectric effect and strategies to manipulate them. Contributions to thermal conductivity from magnons as heat carriers are also reviewed. For coupled transport of heat and ions/molecules, we highlight the importance of local molecular configurations that determine the magnitude of the electrochemical gradient, which is the key to improving the efficiency of low-grade heat energy conversion.
title Multi-Carrier Thermal Transport in Electronic and Energy Conversion Devices
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.10664