Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition
Thermal runaway occurs when a rise in system temperature results in heat-generation rates exceeding dissipation rates. Here, we demonstrate that thermal runaway occurs in radiative (photon) systems given a sufficient level of negative-differential thermal emission. By exploiting the insulator-to-met...
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| author | Lenert, Andrej Kats, Mikhail A. Zhou, You Zhang, Shuyan Ramanathan, Shriram Capasso, Federico Bierman, David Matthew De La Ossa, Matthew F. Wang, Evelyn |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Lenert, Andrej Kats, Mikhail A. Zhou, You Zhang, Shuyan Ramanathan, Shriram Capasso, Federico Bierman, David Matthew De La Ossa, Matthew F. Wang, Evelyn |
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| description | Thermal runaway occurs when a rise in system temperature results in heat-generation rates exceeding dissipation rates. Here, we demonstrate that thermal runaway occurs in radiative (photon) systems given a sufficient level of negative-differential thermal emission. By exploiting the insulator-to-metal phase transition of vanadium dioxide, we show that a small increase in heat generation (e.g., 10nW/mm[superscript 2]) results in a large change in surface temperature (e.g., ∼35 K), as the thermal emitter switches from high emittance to low emittance. While thermal runaway is typically associated with catastrophic failure mechanisms, detailed understanding and control of this phenomenon may give rise to new opportunities in infrared sensing, camouflage, and rectification. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1173412022-09-30T19:22:14Z Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition Lenert, Andrej Kats, Mikhail A. Zhou, You Zhang, Shuyan Ramanathan, Shriram Capasso, Federico Bierman, David Matthew De La Ossa, Matthew F. Wang, Evelyn Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Bierman, David Matthew De La Ossa, Matthew F. Wang, Evelyn Thermal runaway occurs when a rise in system temperature results in heat-generation rates exceeding dissipation rates. Here, we demonstrate that thermal runaway occurs in radiative (photon) systems given a sufficient level of negative-differential thermal emission. By exploiting the insulator-to-metal phase transition of vanadium dioxide, we show that a small increase in heat generation (e.g., 10nW/mm[superscript 2]) results in a large change in surface temperature (e.g., ∼35 K), as the thermal emitter switches from high emittance to low emittance. While thermal runaway is typically associated with catastrophic failure mechanisms, detailed understanding and control of this phenomenon may give rise to new opportunities in infrared sensing, camouflage, and rectification. 2018-08-13T19:06:02Z 2018-08-13T19:06:02Z 2018-08 2018-04 2018-08-03T18:00:15Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2331-7019 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117341 Bierman, David M. et al. "Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition." Physical Review Applied 10, 2 (August 2018): 021001 © 2018 American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-2670 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-1200 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.021001 Physical Review Applied Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. American Physical Society application/pdf American Physical Society American Physical Society |
| spellingShingle | Lenert, Andrej Kats, Mikhail A. Zhou, You Zhang, Shuyan Ramanathan, Shriram Capasso, Federico Bierman, David Matthew De La Ossa, Matthew F. Wang, Evelyn Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition |
| title | Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition |
| title_full | Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition |
| title_fullStr | Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition |
| title_short | Radiative Thermal Runaway Due to Negative-Differential Thermal Emission Across a Solid-Solid Phase Transition |
| title_sort | radiative thermal runaway due to negative differential thermal emission across a solid solid phase transition |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117341 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-2670 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-1200 |
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