三类微型能量转换系统有限时间热力学性能优化的研究进展
摘要
With the development of molecular biology technology, nanotechnology and micro electronic technology, more and more attentions have been paid to the microscopic energy conversion systems. The research on energy conversion mechanism and efficiency for micro-energy conversion system is a new subject concerning the interdisciplinary integration of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, physics theory, etc. Performance optimization is one of the key science problems in revealing the mechanism of energy conversion and improving efficiency of energy utilization for micro-energy conversion system. On the basis of introducing the origin and development of the finite time thermodynamics theory, this paper reviews the recent advances of thermodynamic optimization for three kinds of typical microscopic energy conversion systems, i.e., the thermal Brownian motors, energy selective electron engines and the thermionic energy conversion devices, and proposes the future research prospects.