Work extraction processes from noisy quantum batteries: the role of non local resources

Abstract

We demonstrate an asymmetry between the beneficial effects one can obtain using non-local operations and non-local states to mitigate the detrimental effects of environmental noise in the work extraction from quantum battery models. Specifically, we show that using non-local recovery operations after the noise action can in general increase the amount of work one can recover from the battery even with separable (i.e. non entangled) input states. On the contrary, employing entangled input states with local recovery operations will not generally improve the battery performances.