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Boosting Work Extraction in Quantum Batteries via Continuous Environment Monitoring

Gabriele Cenedese, Giuliano Benenti, Dario Ferraro, Marco G. Genoni
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Researchers from Italian institutions propose a novel method to enhance quantum battery efficiency by mitigating energy loss from quantum correlations between the battery and charger. The team demonstrates that continuously monitoring an added external environment weakens these detrimental correlations, allowing work extraction to surpass the theoretical limit of closed quantum systems. Two models—a cavity-mediated spin-spin system and a Dicke quantum battery—validate the approach, showing broad applicability across different quantum architectures. This breakthrough challenges the assumption that open systems inherently reduce performance, instead leveraging environmental interactions as a resource for improved energy yield. The findings, published in December 2025, could accelerate development of practical quantum batteries with higher operational efficiency.
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2512.05244 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 4 Dec 2025] Title:Boosting Work Extraction in Quantum Batteries via Continuous Environment Monitoring Authors:Gabriele Cenedese, Giuliano Benenti, Dario Ferraro, Marco G. Genoni View a PDF of the paper titled Boosting Work Extraction in Quantum Batteries via Continuous Environment Monitoring, by Gabriele Cenedese and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Quantum correlations that typically develop between a quantum battery and its charger reduce the amount of work extractable from the battery. We show that by coupling the system with an additional environment that can be continuously monitored, one can weaken these correlations and enhance work extraction beyond what is achievable in the ideal (closed system) limit. This general mechanism is illustrated using both a cavity-mediated spin-spin and Dicke quantum battery models. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2512.05244 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2512.05244v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.05244 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Gabriele Cenedese [view email] [v1] Thu, 4 Dec 2025 20:41:41 UTC (1,524 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Boosting Work Extraction in Quantum Batteries via Continuous Environment Monitoring, by Gabriele Cenedese and 2 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2025-12 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)

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