Dissipative charging of tight-binding quantum batteries
Abstract
We investigate autonomous dissipative charging mechanisms for lattice quantum batteries within the framework of open quantum systems. Focusing on engineered Markovian dissipation, we show that appropriately designed Lindblad jump operators can drive tight-binding systems into highly excited band-edge states, resulting in steady states with large ergotropy. We illustrate this mechanism in a one-dimensional tight-binding chain and in a two-dimensional graphene lattice. We find that disorder enhances the charging power, indicating that dissipation-assisted localization effects can be beneficial for energy storage. Moreover, the dissipative charging process remains robust against additional local dephasing noise. Our results establish bond dissipation as an effective and physically transparent mechanism for charging lattice quantum batteries in realistic open-system settings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.17326,
title = {Dissipative charging of tight-binding quantum batteries},
author = {Mingdi Xu and Yiming Liu and Yefeng Song and Xiang-Ping Jiang and Lei Pan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.17326},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures, comments are welcome