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Quantum batteries are quantum systems used to store energy to be later extracted by an external agent in the form of work to perform some task. Here we study the charging of a hybrid quantum battery via a collisional model mediated by an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Yohan Vianna de Almeida , Tiago F. F. Santos , Marcelo F. Santos

Transport phenomena are ubiquitous throughout the science, engineering and technology disciplines as it concerns energy, mass, charge and information exchange between systems. In particular, energy transport in the nanoscale regime has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-26 Chikako Uchiyama , William J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

We present a scheme for the charging of a quantum battery based on the dynamics of an open quantum system undergoing coherent quantum squeezing and affected by an incoherent squeezed thermal bath. We show that quantum coherence, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Federico Centrone , Luca Mancino , Mauro Paternostro

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

When a quantum system is subject to a thermal gradient it may sustain a steady non-equilibrium heat current, by entering into a so-called non equilibrium steady state (NESS). Here we show that NESS constitute a thermodynamic resource that…

Executing quantum logic in cryogenic quantum computers requires a continuous energy supply from room-temperature control electronics. This dependence on external energy sources creates scalability limitations due to control channel density…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Yaniv Kurman , Kieran Hymas , Arkady Fedorov , William J. Munro , James Quach

We consider a quantum battery modeled as a set of N independent two-level quantum systems driven by a time dependent classical source. Different figures of merit, such as stored energy, time of charging and energy quantum fluctuations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 A. Crescente , M. Carrega , M. Sassetti , D. Ferraro

Quantum batteries have demonstrated remarkable charging properties, showing that a quantum advantage is possible in the realm of quantum thermodynamics. However, finding an effective strategy to store energy for long periods remains crucial…

We consider the dissipative charging process of quantum batteries in terms of a collisional model, where the batteries are coupled to a heat bath using non-energy preserving interactions. First, we show that for low temperatures the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Franco Mayo , Augusto J. Roncaglia

In this work, we propose an open quantum battery that stores and releases energy by employing a two-mode ultrastrongly coupled bosonic system, with one mode (the charger) coupled to an independent heat reservoir. Our results demonstrate…

The performance of open quantum batteries (QBs) is severely limited by decoherence due to the interaction with the surrounding environment. So, protecting the charging processes against decoherence is of great importance for realizing QBs.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 B. Mojaveri , R. Jafarzadeh Bahrbeig , M. A. Fasihi , S. Babanzadeh

Quantum batteries are emerging as highly efficient energy storage devices that can exceed classical performance limits. Although there have been significant advancements in controlling these systems, challenges remain in stabilizing stored…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 André H. A. Malavazi , Rishav Sagar , Borhan Ahmadi , Pedro R. Dieguez

In this work, we study a hybrid quantum system composed of a quantum battery and a coherence-driven charger interacting with a Quantum Autonomous Thermal Machine (QATM). The QATM, made of two qubits, each coupled to Markovian bosonic…

As a model of so-called quantum battery (QB), quantum degrees of freedom as energy storage, we study a charging protocol of a many-body QB consisting of $N$ two-level systems (TLSs) using quantum heat engines (QHEs). We focus on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-25 Kosuke Ito , Gentaro Watanabe

With the advent of quantum technologies comes the requirement of building quantum components able to store energy to be used whenever necessary, i.e. quantum batteries. In this paper we exploit an adiabatic protocol to ensure a stable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-06 Alan C. Santos , Barış Çakmak , Steve Campbell , Nikolaj T. Zinner

Nonreciprocity, arising from the breaking of time-reversal symmetry, has become a fundamental tool in diverse quantum technology applications. It enables directional flow of signals and efficient noise suppression, constituting a key…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 Borhan Ahmadi , Paweł Mazurek , Paweł Horodecki , Shabir Barzanjeh

Quantum batteries, which are energy-storage or state-storage devices that exploit unique quantum effects, are sensitive to environmental noise. Here, we demonstrate that suitably engineered noise can induce a "Zeno-like" stabilization…

Quantum batteries (QBs) provide a platform for exploring quantum-scale energy storage, yet most existing analyses rely on weak-coupling and Markovian approximations. In realistic implementations operating in strongly coupled non-Markovian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Zi-Yi Peng , Shun-Cai Zhao , Liang Luo , Ni-Ya Zhuang

Quantum batteries (QBs), acting as energy storage devices, have potential applications in future quantum science and technology. However, the QBs inevitably losses energy due to their interaction with environment. How to enhance the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Xian-Li Yin , Meixi Guo , Jian Huang , Heung-wing Joseph Lee , Guofeng Zhang

We provide an architecture for a multimode quantum battery (QB) based on the framework of continuous variable (CV) systems. We examine the performance of the battery by using a generic class of multimode initial states whose parameters can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-30 Tanoy Kanti Konar , Ayan Patra , Rivu Gupta , Srijon Ghosh , Aditi Sen De