Advances in thermal conductivity for energy applications: a review

Q Zheng, M Hao, R Miao, J Schaadt… - Progress in Energy, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Thermal conductivity is a crucial material property for a diverse range of energy
technologies, ranging from thermal management of high power electronics to thermal …

Influence of thermostatting on nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of heat conduction in solids

Z Li, S Xiong, C Sievers, Y Hu, Z Fan, N Wei… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) has been extensively used to study thermal
transport at various length scales in many materials. In this method, two local thermostats at …

Perspective on ab initio phonon thermal transport

L Lindsay, A Katre, A Cepellotti, N Mingo - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Coupling of the Peierls-Boltzmann equation with density functional theory
paved the way for predictive thermal materials discovery and a variety of new physical …

Ab-initio molecular dynamics calculation on microstructures and thermophysical properties of NaCl–CaCl2–MgCl2 for concentrating solar power

Z Rong, J Ding, W Wang, G Pan, S Liu - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract NaCl–CaCl 2–MgCl 2 ternary molten salt is a potential material for thermal transfer
and storage applications at high temperatures. In the present work, its microstructures and …

Ab-initio molecular dynamics study on thermal property of NaCl–CaCl2 molten salt for high-temperature heat transfer and storage

Z Rong, G Pan, J Lu, S Liu, J Ding, W Wang, DJ Lee - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
NaCl–CaCl 2 molten salt is considered as a promising high-temperature heat transfer and
storage fluid for advanced nuclear power plants and concentrating solar power plants in the …

Thermal conductivity of amorphous SiO2 by first-principles molecular dynamics

E Martin, G Ori, TQ Duong, M Boero… - Journal of Non-Crystalline …, 2022 - Elsevier
The approach-to-equilibrium molecular dynamics (AEMD) methodology implemented within
a first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) scheme is applied to amorphous SiO 2. In this …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of an innovative composite nanofluid for solar energy photothermal conversion and storage

Z Rong, J Ding, J Lu, W Wang, J Yan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Molten salts play a key role in the heat transfer and thermal energy storage processes of
concentrated solar power plants. A novel composite material was prepared in this work by …

Thermal transport of amorphous phase change memory materials using population-coherence theory: A first-principles study

L Yang, BY Cao - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Thermal conduction plays a vital role in applications of phase change memory (PCM)
materials. Phonon-based theory and the Wiedemann–Franz–Lorenz rule have been widely …

Thermal conductivity and transport modes in glassy by first-principles molecular dynamics

TQ Duong, C Massobrio, G Ori, M Boero, E Martin - Physical Review Materials, 2019 - APS
First-principles molecular dynamics is employed to investigate thermal transport in glassy
GeTe 4, a subsystem of several ternary phase-change materials. As a first result, we found …

Assessing the thermal conductivity of amorphous SiN by approach-to-equilibrium molecular dynamics

A Lambrecht, G Ori, C Massobrio, M Boero… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
First-principles molecular dynamics combined with the approach-to-equilibrium molecular
dynamics methodology is employed to calculate the thermal conductivity of non …