中国物理B ›› 2024, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 47801-047801.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad09a9

所属专题: SPECIAL TOPIC — Heat conduction and its related interdisciplinary areas

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Near-field radiative heat transfer between nanoporous GaN films

Xiaozheng Han(韩晓政)1, Jihong Zhang(张纪红)1, Haotuo Liu(刘皓佗)2, Xiaohu Wu(吴小虎)3,†, and Huiwen Leng(冷惠文)1,‡   

  1. 1 School of Electromechanical and Automotive Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China;
    2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Technology, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China;
    3 Thermal Science Research Center, Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, Jinan 250100, China
  • 收稿日期:2023-08-09 修回日期:2023-10-20 接受日期:2023-11-04 出版日期:2024-03-19 发布日期:2024-04-07
  • 通讯作者: Xiaohu Wu, Huiwen Leng E-mail:xiaohu.wu@iat.cn;lenghw86_2022@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52106099), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2022YQ57), and the Taishan Scholars Program.

Near-field radiative heat transfer between nanoporous GaN films

Xiaozheng Han(韩晓政)1, Jihong Zhang(张纪红)1, Haotuo Liu(刘皓佗)2, Xiaohu Wu(吴小虎)3,†, and Huiwen Leng(冷惠文)1,‡   

  1. 1 School of Electromechanical and Automotive Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China;
    2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Technology, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China;
    3 Thermal Science Research Center, Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, Jinan 250100, China
  • Received:2023-08-09 Revised:2023-10-20 Accepted:2023-11-04 Online:2024-03-19 Published:2024-04-07
  • Contact: Xiaohu Wu, Huiwen Leng E-mail:xiaohu.wu@iat.cn;lenghw86_2022@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52106099), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2022YQ57), and the Taishan Scholars Program.

摘要: Photon tunneling effects give rise to surface waves, amplifying radiative heat transfer in the near-field regime. Recent research has highlighted that the introduction of nanopores into materials creates additional pathways for heat transfer, leading to a substantial enhancement of near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT). Being a direct bandgap semiconductor, GaN has high thermal conductivity and stable resistance at high temperatures, and holds significant potential for applications in optoelectronic devices. Indeed, study of NFRHT between nanoporous GaN films is currently lacking, hence the physical mechanism for adding nanopores to GaN films remains to be discussed in the field of NFRHT. In this work, we delve into the NFRHT of GaN nanoporous films in terms of gap distance, GaN film thickness and the vacuum filling ratio. The results demonstrate a 27.2% increase in heat flux for a 10 nm gap when the nanoporous filling ratio is 0.5. Moreover, the spectral heat flux exhibits redshift with increase in the vacuum filling ratio. To be more precise, the peak of spectral heat flux moves from ω = 1.31×1014 rad·s-1 to ω = 1.23×1014 rad·s-1 when the vacuum filling ratio changes from f = 0.1 to f = 0.5; this can be attributed to the excitation of surface phonon polaritons. The introduction of graphene into these configurations can highly enhance the NFRHT, and the spectral heat flux exhibits a blueshift with increase in the vacuum filling ratio, which can be explained by the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons. These findings offer theoretical insights that can guide the extensive utilization of porous structures in thermal control, management and thermal modulation.

关键词: near-field radiative heat transfer, nanoporous GaN film, surface phonon polaritons, surface plasmon polaritons

Abstract: Photon tunneling effects give rise to surface waves, amplifying radiative heat transfer in the near-field regime. Recent research has highlighted that the introduction of nanopores into materials creates additional pathways for heat transfer, leading to a substantial enhancement of near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT). Being a direct bandgap semiconductor, GaN has high thermal conductivity and stable resistance at high temperatures, and holds significant potential for applications in optoelectronic devices. Indeed, study of NFRHT between nanoporous GaN films is currently lacking, hence the physical mechanism for adding nanopores to GaN films remains to be discussed in the field of NFRHT. In this work, we delve into the NFRHT of GaN nanoporous films in terms of gap distance, GaN film thickness and the vacuum filling ratio. The results demonstrate a 27.2% increase in heat flux for a 10 nm gap when the nanoporous filling ratio is 0.5. Moreover, the spectral heat flux exhibits redshift with increase in the vacuum filling ratio. To be more precise, the peak of spectral heat flux moves from ω = 1.31×1014 rad·s-1 to ω = 1.23×1014 rad·s-1 when the vacuum filling ratio changes from f = 0.1 to f = 0.5; this can be attributed to the excitation of surface phonon polaritons. The introduction of graphene into these configurations can highly enhance the NFRHT, and the spectral heat flux exhibits a blueshift with increase in the vacuum filling ratio, which can be explained by the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons. These findings offer theoretical insights that can guide the extensive utilization of porous structures in thermal control, management and thermal modulation.

Key words: near-field radiative heat transfer, nanoporous GaN film, surface phonon polaritons, surface plasmon polaritons

中图分类号:  (Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films)

  • 78.20.-e
71.36.+c (Polaritons (including photon-phonon and photon-magnon interactions)) 78.20.Bh (Theory, models, and numerical simulation)