Observation of heat pumping effect by radiative shuttling

Yuxuan Li, Yongdi Dang, Sen Zhang, Xinran Li, Tianle Chen, Pankaj K. Choudhury, Yi Jin, Jianbin Xu, Philippe Ben-Abdallah (), Bing-Feng Ju and Yungui Ma ()
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Yuxuan Li: Zhejiang University
Yongdi Dang: Zhejiang University
Sen Zhang: Zhejiang University
Xinran Li: Zhejiang University
Tianle Chen: Zhejiang University
Pankaj K. Choudhury: Zhejiang University
Yi Jin: Zhejiang University
Jianbin Xu: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Philippe Ben-Abdallah: Université Paris-Saclay
Bing-Feng Ju: Zhejiang University
Yungui Ma: Zhejiang University

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Heat shuttling phenomenon is characterized by the presence of a non-zero heat flow between two bodies without net thermal bias on average. It was initially predicted in the context of nonlinear heat conduction within atomic lattices coupled to two time-oscillating thermostats. Recent theoretical works revealed an analog of this effect for heat exchanges mediated by thermal photons between two solids having a temperature dependent emissivity. In this paper, we present the experimental proof of this effect using systems made with composite materials based on phase change materials. By periodically modulating the temperature of one of two solids we report that the system akin to heat pumping with a controllable heat flow direction. Additionally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of a simultaneous modulation of two temperatures to control both the strength and direction of heat shuttling by exploiting the phase delay between these temperatures. These results show that this effect is promising for an active thermal management of solid-state technology, to cool down solids, to insulate them from their background or to amplify heat exchanges.

Date: 2024
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