A review on principles and applications of scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)

Y Zhang, W Zhu, F Hui, M Lanza… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As the size of materials, particles, and devices shrinks to nanometer, atomic, or even
quantum scale, it is more challenging to characterize their thermal properties reliably …

Applications and impacts of nanoscale thermal transport in electronics packaging

RJ Warzoha, AA Wilson… - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This review introduces relevant nanoscale thermal transport processes that impact thermal
abatement in power electronics applications. Specifically, we highlight the importance of …

Self‐contained monolithic carbon sponges for solar‐driven interfacial water evaporation distillation and electricity generation

L Zhu, M Gao, CKN Peh, X Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solar vaporization has received tremendous attention for its potential in desalination,
sterilization, distillation, etc. However, a few major roadblocks toward practical application …

Metal halide perovskites as emerging thermoelectric materials

S Hu, Z Ren, AB Djurišić, AL Rogach - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
In addition to the broadly anticipated use of metal halide perovskites in photovoltaics and
light-emitting devices, they also hold a great promise as cost-effective thermoelectrics, as …

High Thermoelectric zT in n‐Type Silver Selenide films at Room Temperature

JA Perez‐Taborda, O Caballero‐Calero… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a zT value as high as 1.2 at room temperature for n‐type Ag2Se films is reported
grown by pulsed hybrid reactive magnetron sputtering (PHRMS). PHRMS is a novel …

Thermal conductivity of methylammonium lead halide perovskite single crystals and thin films: a comparative study

R Heiderhoff, T Haeger, N Pourdavoud… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Thermal management in devices like solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and lasers based on
hybrid halide perovskite thin films is expected to be of paramount importance for optimal …

Direct measurement of nanoscale filamentary hot spots in resistive memory devices

S Deshmukh, MM Rojo, E Yalon, S Vaziri… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Resistive random access memory (RRAM) is an important candidate for both digital, high-
density data storage and for analog, neuromorphic computing. RRAM operation relies on …

High frequency, low power, electrically actuated shape memory alloy MEMS bimorph thermal actuators

CR Knick, DJ Sharar, AA Wilson… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have the potential to be used for a wide variety of
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) applications, providing a unique combination of …

Ultra-low thermal conductivities in large-area Si-Ge nanomeshes for thermoelectric applications

JA Perez-Taborda, M Muñoz Rojo, J Maiz… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
In this work, we measure the thermal and thermoelectric properties of large-area Si0. 8Ge0.
2 nano-meshed films fabricated by DC sputtering of Si0. 8Ge0. 2 on highly ordered porous …

Non-contact methods for thermal properties measurement

B Abad, DA Borca-Tasciuc… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many of the renewable and sustainable energy technologies employ novel nanomaterials.
For instance, thermal storage and thermoelectric conversion are in constant progress due to …