- Patent Title: Current rectification based on noncentrosymmetric quantum materials
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Application No.: US17345078Application Date: 2021-06-11
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Publication No.: US11837873B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: Hiroki Isobe , Qiong Ma , Liang Fu , Nuh Gedik , Suyang Xu , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Smith Baluch LLP
- Main IPC: H02J50/20
- IPC: H02J50/20 ; H02J50/27 ; H02J50/00 ; H02M1/42 ; H02M7/04 ; B82Y15/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210384762A1 CURRENT RECTIFICATION BASED ON NONCENTROSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MATERIALS Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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