Single Atom/Molecule Quantum Energy Storage

Towards a Quantum Battery
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-42742-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines

This contributed volume explores the emerging concept of quantum batteries, a new class of energy storage devices that rely on the principles of quantum physics rather than conventional electrochemistry. It introduces readers to the foundational ideas of quantum thermodynamics and quantum superposition, explaining how isolated quantum systems such as single atoms or molecules can store energy within their internal quantum states. The book describes how these quantum batteries differ from traditional ones by offering the potential for dramatically faster charging and enhanced power at the nanoscale. It guides graduate-level readers through the steps toward realizing the first atomic-scale and single-molecule quantum battery unit cells, positioning the technology within the broader landscape of rapidly advancing quantum computing, sensing, communication, and cryptography. Overall, it serves as a timely roadmap for students, researchers, and professionals who aim to understand, design, and eventually construct the next generation of quantum energy storage devices.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joachim, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Elektrochemie, Magnetochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Quantenchemie, Theoretische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Quantum Thermodynamics and the performances of quantum batteries.- The charging event for a single qubit battery.- Single Ion quantum Battery.- Single qubit energy storage with solid state transmons.- Kicked-Ising Quantum Battery.- Quantum Battery using molecular triplets.- Thermal rotation of a single molecule on a surface.- Mono-thermal Energy pumping in a molecule from a surface.- Time-dependent Schrodinger equation solution for thermal energy pumping by a 2 levels system.

Über Autor(innen)

Christian Joachim is Emeritus CNRS Director of Research at the Nanoscience group at Pico-Lab/CEMES/CNRS and adjunct Professor of Quantum Physics & Engineering at ISAE-Sup’Aero Toulouse. He was A*STAR VIP Atom Tech in Singapore (2005-2014) and the head of the WPI MANA-NIMS satellite in Toulouse since 2008. He coordinated the Integrated European projects "Bottom-up Nanomachines", “Pico-Inside”, and then “AtMol” (2011-2014), whose objective was to construct the first-ever molecular chip. He was science PI of the European H2020 project MEMO (2017-2022) and of the Pathfinder European project ESiM (2022-2026). Author of more than 410 scientific publications, he has presented more than 400 invited talks on electron transfer through a molecule, STM and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image calculations, tunnel transport through a molecule, single molecule logic gate, atomic scale circuits, nanolithography, atomic scale electronics interconnects, and single molecule machines (calculating molecules, molecule-motors, molecule-battery). He was the inventor and director of the International Nanocar Race I in 2017 and II in 2022. For its Emeritus, he is expanding its research towards Digital & Computational Archeology. His book: “Nanosciences, the invisible revolution” (Le Seuil (2008), World Scientific (2009)) is giving the history of Nanosciences and its political drawbacks to the general public.  He is the editor of the Springer-Nature Series “Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines” with 16 volumes published since 2012. He was awarded the IBM France Prize (1991), the Feynman Prize (1997), the CNRS Silver Medal in Chemistry (2001), the Feynman Prize (2005), a Guinness book entry (September 2011) for the smallest ever functioning single-molecule nano-gear, 1.2 nm in diameter, and a “Star of Europe” for the AtMol European Commission project (2015). He was elected Academician of the Toulouse “Sciences, Inscriptions & Belles Lettres” Academy (2015) then awarded the Science Prize of the Occitanie French Academy (2018) and the Pierre de Fermat Prize (2023). In January 2024, he was nominated Emeritus Research Director at CNRS for 5 years, with a start in August 2024.