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Ergotropy serves as a key indicator for assessing the performance of quantum batteries(QBs). Using the Redfield master equation, we investigate ergotropy dynamics in a non-Markovian QB composed of an N-spin chain embedded in a microcavity.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Shun-Cai Zhao , Zi-Ran Zhao , Ni-Ya Zhuang

According to the Maxwell demon paradigm, additional work can be extracted from a classical or quantum system by exploiting information obtained through measurements on a correlated ancillary system. In the quantum setting, the maximum work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-03 K. H. Kua , Alessio Serafini , Marco G. Genoni

We propose a theoretical model of a fully functional nonreciprocal quantum battery inspired by the architecture of bacterial light-harvesting complexes. We assign functional roles to collective quantum optical subradiant and superradiant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Trishna Kalita , Manash Jyoti Sarmah , Himangshu Prabal Goswami

In the quantum world, the process of energy storage can be enhanced thanks to various nonclassical phenomena. This inspiring fact suggests quantum batteries as plausible sources of power for future quantum devices, at least in principle.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 C. A. Downing , M. S. Ukhtary

This study examines the steady state characteristics of work extraction in a two cell and three cell quantum battery interacting with multiple thermal reservoirs. Employing the quantum master equation framework within the Born-Markov…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Maryam Hadipour , Soroush Haseli

The concept of ergotropy was previously introduced as the maximum extractable work from a quantum state. Its enhancement, which is induced by quantum correlation via projective measurement, was formulated as the daemonic ergotropy. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 Mohammad Ali Balkanlu , Esfandyar Faizi , Bahram Ahansaz

"A battery powers a device" can be read as "work stored in the battery is being transported to the device." In quantum batteries, the total amount of stored work can be measured by ergotropy, which is the maximal work extractable by unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-20 Rick P. A. Simon , Janet Anders , Karen V. Hovhannisyan

We present a collision model for the charging of a quantum battery by identical nonequilibrium qubit units. When the units are prepared in a mixture of energy eigenstates, the energy gain in the battery can be described by a classical…

We investigate ergotropy dynamics in a graphene-based quantum battery modeled as a four-level spin--valley system under different dissipative environments. The battery is charged via a Gaussian pulse and subsequently evolves under amplitude…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Disha Verma , Indrajith VS , R. Sankaranarayanan

In this work, we study the efficiency of charging a quantum battery through optical pumping. The battery consists of a qutrit and it is connected to a natural thermal reservoir and an external coherent drive in the limit where its upper…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-08 Tiago F. F. Santos , Marcelo F. Santos

The maximum work that can be extracted from a quantum battery is bounded by the ergotropy of the system, which is determined by the spectral properties of the Hamiltonian. In this paper, we employ the formalism of quantum walks to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Simone Cavazzoni , Giovanni Ragazzi , Paolo Bordone , Matteo G. A. Paris

Quantum batteries are quantum systems designed to store energy and release it on demand. The optimization of their performance is an intensively studied topic within the realm of quantum technologies. Such optimization forces the question:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Riccardo Grazi , Fabio Cavaliere , Niccolò Traverso Ziani , Dario Ferraro

We consider a model for a quantum battery consisting of a collection of $N$ two-level atoms driven by a classical field and decaying to a common reservoir. In the extensive regime, where the energy $E$ scales as $N$ and the fluctuations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Sagar Pokhrel , Julio Gea-Banacloche

Quantum batteries are predicted to have the potential to outperform their classical counterparts and are therefore an important element in the development of quantum technologies. Of particular interest is the role of correlations in…

Ergotropy--a key figure of merit for quantum battery (QB) performance--plays a crucial role. However, the dynamics and physical mechanisms governing ergotropy evolution remain open challenges. Here, we investigate the ergotropy of a general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Cheng-Jie Wang , Fu-Quan Dou

We investigate a quantum battery made of N two-level systems, which is charged by an optical mode via an energy-conserving interaction. We quantify the fraction E(N) of energy stored in the B battery that can be extracted in order to…

The maximum unitarily extractable work from a quantum system -- ergotropy -- is the basic principle behind quantum batteries, a rapidly emerging field. This work studies ergotropy in two quantum chaotic systems, the quantum kicked top and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Sreeram PG , J. Bharathi Kannan , S. Harshini Tekur , M. S. Santhanam

We investigate the performance of the charger-mediated quantum battery modeled by a two-qubit system. One of the qubits acts as the battery and the other acts as the charger which is subjected to a reservoir. We derived the time-local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Yu Wang , Jiasen Jin

We investigate the performance of a one-dimensional dimerized XY chain as a spin quantum battery. Such integrable model shows a rich quantum phase diagram that emerges through a mapping of the spins onto auxiliary fermionic degrees of…

We investigate the performance of a novel model based on a one-dimensional (1D) spin-$1/2$ Heisenberg $XY-\Gamma(\gamma)$ quantum chain, also known as 1D Kitaev chain, as a working medium for a quantum battery (QB) in both closed and open…