An electrochemical thermal transistor

Aditya Sood; Feng Xiong; Shunda Chen; Haotian Wang; Daniele Selli; Jinsong Zhang; Connor J. McClellan; Jie Sun; Davide Donadio; Yi Cui; Eric Pop; Kenneth E. Goodson

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06760-7

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

An electrochemical thermal transistor

Aditya Sood,
Feng Xiong,
Shunda Chen,
Haotian Wang,
Daniele Selli,
Jinsong Zhang,
Connor J. McClellan,
Jie Sun,
Davide Donadio,
Yi Cui,
Eric Pop,
Kenneth E. Goodson

Affiliations

Aditya Sood: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Feng Xiong: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Shunda Chen: Department of Chemistry, University of California
Haotian Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Daniele Selli: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Jinsong Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Connor J. McClellan: Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Jie Sun: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Davide Donadio: Department of Chemistry, University of California
Yi Cui: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Eric Pop: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Kenneth E. Goodson: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06760-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Thermal transistors can enable game changing applications in energy harvesting and heat routing. Here, the authors demonstrate reversible thermal modulation of nearly 10 times by ion intercalation in MoS2 nanofilms. A new thermal microscopy technique allows operando imaging of Li ion segregation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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