Refereed Journal Publications
23. B. Jiang, T. Li, and Z. Chen, “Anisotropic Klemens model for the thermal conductivity tensor and its size effect,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 226, 125474 (2024).
22. Z. Zhang, X. Zhao, and Z. Chen, “Energy scavenging from the diurnal cycle with a temperature-doubler circuit and a self-adaptive photonic design,” Nanophotonics 13(5), 687-699 (2024).
21. T. Li and Z. Chen, “A Scattering Matrix Formalism to Model Periodic Heat Diffusion in Stratified Solid Media,” Journal of Applied Physics 132, 125103 (2022). (highlighted as an Editor's Pick)
20. M. Dong, L. Zhu, S. Fan, and Z. Chen, “Concentrated radiative cooling and its constraint from reciprocity,” Optics Express30, 275-285 (2022). (highlighted as an Editor's Pick)
19. Z. Zhang, K. Chen, S. Fan, and Z. Chen, “Shockley-Queisser analysis of the temperature-efficiency correlation of solar cells in the presence of non-radiative heat transfer,” Optics Express 29, 27554-27561 (2021).
Erratum: There is a typographical error in the published verison of Fig. 2. The correct title of the x-axis of Fig. 2c-d is: Effective Absorptivity in regime II.
18. M. Westwood, X. Zhao, Z. Chen and C. Dames, “4-fold enhancement in energy scavenging from fluctuating thermal resources using a temperature-doubler circuit,” Joule 5, 1-18 (2021).
17. L. Li, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Zhong, Evelyn N. Wang, Z. Chen, and L. Guo, “Sub-Picosecond Optical Response of Metals Due to Non-Thermalized Electron Dynamics”, ES Energy & Environment 11, 19-27 (2021).
16. W. Li, M. Dong, L. Fan, J. J. John, Z. Chen, and S. Fan, “Nighttime Radiative Cooling for Water Harvesting from Solar Panels,” ACS Photonics 8, 269–275 (2021).
15. N. Chen, T. Li, Y. Wang, L. Pan, W. Bao, and Z. Chen, “Generalized “Slope Method” of the 3ω Analysis to Measure the Thermal Conductivity and Heat Capacity of Solids: Frequency- vs. Current-sweep”, ES Energy & Environment 10, 13-21 (2020).
14. M. Dong, Z. Zhang, Y. Shi, X. Zhao, S. Fan, and Z. Chen, “Fundamental Limits of the Dew-harvesting Technology,” Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 24(1), 43-52 (2020). (selected as Cover Image)
13. M. Dong, N. Chen, X. Zhao, S. Fan, and Z. Chen, “Nighttime Radiative Cooling in Hot and Humid Climates,” Optics Express 27, 31587 (2019).
12. Z. Chen, L. Zhu, W. Li, and S. Fan, “ Simultaneously and Synergistically Harvest Energy from the Sun and Outer Space,” Joule 3, 101 (2019).
11. W. Li, Y. Shi, Z. Chen, and S. Fan, “Photonic thermal management of colored objects,” Nature Communications 9, 4240 (2018).
10. N. H. Thomas, Z. Chen, S. Fan, and A. J. Minnich, “Semiconductor-based Multilayer Selective Solar Absorber for Unconcentrated Solar Thermal Energy Conversion,” Scientific Reports 7, 5362 (2017).
9. J. Kou, Z. Jurado, Z. Chen, S. Fan, and A. Minnich, “Daytime Radiative Cooling Using Infrared Black Bodies,” ACS Photonics 4(3), 626 (2017).
8. Z. Chen, L. Zhu, A. Raman, and S. Fan, “ Radiative cooling to deep sub-freezing temperatures through a 24-h day-night cycle,” Nature Communications 7, 13729 (2016).
7. Z. Chen and C. Dames, “An anisotropic model for the minimum thermal conductivity,” Applied Physics Letters 107, 193104 (2015).
6. Z. Chen, Z. Wei, Y. Chen, and C. Dames, "Anisotropic Debye model for the thermal boundary conductance," Physical Review B 87, 125426 (2013).
5. W. Bao, K. Myhro, Z. Zhao, Z. Chen, W. Jang, L. Jing, F. Miao, H. Zhang, C. Dames, and C. N. Lau, "In situ observation of electrostatic and thermal manipulation of suspended graphene membranes,” Nano Letters 12, 5470 (2012).
4. W. Jang, Z. Chen, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and C. Dames, "Thickness-dependent thermal conductivity of encased graphene and ultrathin graphite," Nano Letters 10, 3909 (2010).
3. Z. Chen, W. Jang, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and C. Dames, "Thermal contact resistance between graphene and silicon dioxide," Applied Physics Letters 95, 161910 (2009).
2. W. Bao, F. Miao, Z. Chen, H. Zhang, W. Jang, C. Dames, and C. N. Lau, "Controlled ripple texturing of suspended graphene and ultrathin graphite membranes," Nature Nanotechnology 4, 562 - 566 (2009).
1. Z. Chen, J. Yang, P. Zhuang, M. Chen, J. Zhu, and Y. Chen, “Thermal conductivity measurement of InGaAs/InGaAsP superlattice thin films,” Chinese Science Bulletin (in English) 51, 2931 (2006).
Invited Books
1. Z. Chen and C. Dames, Applied Thermal Measurements at the Nanoscale, in Lessons from Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series, ed. M. Lundstrom, World Scientific Publishing Co. (2018).
Other Publications
Z. Chen, C. Wong, S. Lubner, S. Yee, J. Miller, W. Jang, C. Hardin, A. Fong, J. Garay, and C. Dames, “A photon thermal diode,” Nature Communications 5, 5446 (2014). Note: This paper has been retracted due to a fundamental error in the configuration of several key experiments, which invalidated two of the three main claims. The third claim remains. See also [Correspondence: Reply to 'The experimental requirements for a photon thermal diode', Chen et al., Nature Communications 8, 16136 (2017)].