Thermal rectification in bulk materials with asymmetric shape

D. Sawaki; Wataru Kobayashi; Y. Moritomo; I. Terasaki

doi:10.1063/1.3559615

Thermal rectification in bulk materials with asymmetric shape

D. Sawaki^*, Wataru Kobayashi, Y. Moritomo, I. Terasaki

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We investigate thermal rectification in a bulk material with a pyramid shape to elucidate shape dependence of the thermal rectification, and find that rectifying coefficient R is 1.35 for this shape, which is smaller than R=1.43 for a rectangular shape. This result is fully duplicated by our numerical calculation based on Fourier's law. We also apply this calculation to a given shape, and show a possible way to increase R depending on the shape.

Original language	English
Article number	081915
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3559615
Publication status	Published - 2011 Feb 21
Externally published	Yes

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