Abstract
We consider the near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between a semi-infinite polar dielectric plate and a composite metamaterial containing semiconductor nanoparticles with spatial dispersion or nonlocality. We show that the enhancement of near-field heat radiation is found owing to the strong coupling of surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs) excited between polar dielectric plate and air, and localized surface plasmon polaritons (LSPPs) in the composite metamaterials. The introduction of nonlocality is helpful to enhance the NFRHT and even the rectification efficiency significantly when the temperature difference is small. For a large volume fraction of semiconductor nanoparticles, the thermal rectification efficiency can be larger than 90% at a small temperature difference within 150 K. Our findings may pave a way for thermal devices based on composite metamaterial containing semiconductor nanoparticles.
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