Current rectification based on noncentrosymmetric quantum materials
Abstract
Rectification is a process that converts electromagnetic fields into direct current (DC). Such a process underlies a wide range of technologies, including wireless communication, wireless charging, energy harvesting, and infrared detection. Existing rectifiers are mostly based on semiconductor diodes, with limited applicability to small voltages or high frequency inputs. Here, we present an alternative approach to current rectification that uses the electronic properties of quantum crystals without semiconductor junctions. We identify a new mechanism for rectification from skew scattering due to the chirality of itinerant electrons in time-reversal-invariant but inversion-breaking materials. Our calculations reveal large, tunable rectification effects in graphene multilayers and transition metal dichalcogenides. These effects can be used in high-frequency rectifiers by rational material design and quantum wavefunction engineering.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2293945
- Patent Number(s):
- 11837873
- Application Number:
- 17/345,078
- Assignee:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001088; DMR-0819762; DMR-1231319; DMR-1809815; FA9550-16-1-0382
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 06/11/2021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Isobe, Hiroki, Ma, Qiong, Fu, Liang, Gedik, Nuh, Xu, Suyang, and Jarillo-Herrero, Pablo. Current rectification based on noncentrosymmetric quantum materials. United States: N. p., 2023.
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Isobe, Hiroki, Ma, Qiong, Fu, Liang, Gedik, Nuh, Xu, Suyang, & Jarillo-Herrero, Pablo. Current rectification based on noncentrosymmetric quantum materials. United States.
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"Current rectification based on noncentrosymmetric quantum materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2293945.
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abstractNote = {Rectification is a process that converts electromagnetic fields into direct current (DC). Such a process underlies a wide range of technologies, including wireless communication, wireless charging, energy harvesting, and infrared detection. Existing rectifiers are mostly based on semiconductor diodes, with limited applicability to small voltages or high frequency inputs. Here, we present an alternative approach to current rectification that uses the electronic properties of quantum crystals without semiconductor junctions. We identify a new mechanism for rectification from skew scattering due to the chirality of itinerant electrons in time-reversal-invariant but inversion-breaking materials. Our calculations reveal large, tunable rectification effects in graphene multilayers and transition metal dichalcogenides. These effects can be used in high-frequency rectifiers by rational material design and quantum wavefunction engineering.},
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