scholarly journals Thermal transport in phononic crystals and the observation of coherent phonon scattering at room temperature

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedhamidreza Alaie ◽  
Drew F. Goettler ◽  
Mehmet Su ◽  
Zayd C. Leseman ◽  
Charles M. Reinke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Transport ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Phononic Crystals ◽  
Coherent Phonon

scholarly journals Anharmonic lattice dynamics and thermal transport in type-I inorganic clathrates

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shravan Godse ◽  
Yagyank Srivastava ◽  
Ankit Jain
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Transport ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Host Lattice ◽  
Type I ◽  
Transport Channel ◽  
Anharmonic Lattice ◽  
Weak Binding ◽  
Phonon Renormalization ◽  
Inorganic Clathrates

Abstract The anharmonic phonon properties of type-I filled inorganic clathrates Ba8Ga16Ge30 and Sr8Ga16Ge30 are obtained from the first-principles calculations by considering the temperature-dependent sampling of the potential energy surface and quartic phonon renormalization. Owing to the weak binding of guest atoms with the host lattice, the obtained guest modes undergo strong renormalization with temperature and become stiffer by up to 50% at room temperature in Sr8Ga16Ge30. The calculated phonon frequencies and associated thermal mean squared displace- ments are comparable with experiments despite the on-centering of guest atoms at cage centers in both clathrates. Lattice thermal conductivities are obtained in the temperature range of 50- 300 K accounting for three-phonon scattering processes and multi-channel thermal transport. The contribution of coherent transport channel is significant at room temperature (13% and 22% in Ba8Ga16Ge30 and Sr8Ga16Ge30) but is insufficient to explain the experimentally observed glass-like thermal transport in Sr8Ga16Ge30.

Thermal Transport in Few-Quintuple Bi2Te3 Thin Films and Nanoribbons

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Qiu ◽  
Xiulin Ruan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Thermal Transport ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Md Simulations ◽  
Boundary Scattering ◽  
Nanoporous Films

In this work, thermal conductivity of perfect and nanoporous few-quintuple Bi2Te3 thin films as well as nanoribbons with perfect and zig-zag edges is investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with Green-Kubo method. We find minimum thermal conductivity of perfect Bi2Te3 thin films with three quintuple layers (QLs) at room temperature, and we believe it originates from the interplay between inter-quintuple coupling and phonon boundary scattering. Nanoporous films and nanoribbons are studied for additional phonon scattering channels in suppressing thermal conductivity. With 5% porosity in Bi2Te3 thin films, the thermal conductivity is found to decrease by a factor of 4–6, depending on temperature, comparing to perfect single QL. For nanoribbons, width and edge shape are found to strongly affect the temperature dependence as well as values of thermal conductivity.

High Thermoelectric Performance of ZnO by Coherent Phonon Scattering and Optimized Charge Transport

2021 ◽  
pp. 2105008
Author(s):  
Somnath Acharya ◽  
Byung‐Kyu Yu ◽  
Junphil Hwang ◽  
Jiyong Kim ◽  
Woochul Kim
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Thermoelectric Performance ◽  
Coherent Phonon

Polar Optical Phonon Instability and Intervalley Transfer in Gallium Nitride

1998 ◽  
Vol 512 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Foutz ◽  
S. K. O'leary ◽  
M. S. Shur ◽  
L. F. Eastman ◽  
B. L. Gelmont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gallium Nitride ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Optical Phonon ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Polar Optical Phonon ◽  
Scattering Mechanism ◽  
Loss Mechanism ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Optical Phonon Scattering

ABSTRACTWe develop a simple, one-dimensional, analytical model, which describes electron transport in gallium nitride. We focus on the polar optical phonon scattering mechanism, as this is the dominant energy loss mechanism at room temperature. Equating the power gained from the field with that lost through scattering, we demonstrate that beyond a critical electric field, 114 kV/cm at T = 300 K, the power gained from the field exceeds that lost due to polar optical phonon scattering. This polar optical phonon instability leads to a dramatic increase in the electron energy, this being responsible for the onset of intervalley transitions. The predictions of our analytical model are compared with those of Monte Carlo simulations, and are found to be in satisfactory agreement.

scholarly journals Phonons, electrons and thermal transport in Planckian high Tc materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie H. Mousatov ◽  
Sean A. Hartnoll
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Diffusivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Temperature Derivative ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Optimal Doping ◽  
Strong Scattering ◽  
Measured Strength ◽  
Temperature Phase Diagram

AbstractThe room-temperature thermal diffusivity of high Tc materials is dominated by phonons. This allows the scattering of phonons by electrons to be discerned. We argue that the measured strength of this scattering suggests a converse Planckian scattering of electrons by phonons across the room-temperature phase diagram of these materials. Consistent with this conclusion, the temperature derivative of the resistivity of strongly overdoped cuprates is noted to show a kink at a little below 200 K that we argue should be understood as the onset of a high-temperature Planckian T-linear scattering of electrons by classical phonons. This kink continuously disappears toward optimal doping, even while strong scattering of phonons by electrons remains visible in the thermal diffusivity, sharpening the long-standing puzzle of the lack of a feature in the T-linear resistivity at optimal doping associated with the onset of phonon scattering.

Electrohydrodynamic Flow in Thick Liquid Crystal Cells

1989 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Van Winkle ◽  
Jit Gurung ◽  
Rand Biggers
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Thermal Transport ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Optical Observations ◽  
Constant Voltage ◽  
Maximum Enhancement ◽  
Flowing Liquid ◽  
Crystal Cells

ABSTRACTThe thermal transport across a thick (0.66 cm) liquid crystal cell has been measured versus applied ac voltage and frequency. These measurements are correlated with the optically observed onset of flow and turbulence in cells as identical as practicable to those used for the thermal transport measurements. In addition, the measurements are compared with reported observations in thin cells. The thermal transport across the liquid crystal is characterized by an effective thermal conductivity Kf. It was found that Kf increases with increasing frequency, at constant voltage, to a maximum enhancement at about 40 Hz at room temperature. Optical observations on thick cells indicate that dynamic columnar domains of flowing liquid crystal are the primary mode of heat transport, as determined by correlating the structure and characteristic lifetime of such domains as a function of voltage and frequency. Optical observations at low voltages suggest that Williams Domains do not exist in these thick cells, and that all observed responses are functions of electric field strength, not applied voltage (as in thin Williams Domain cells).

Glass-Oxide Nanocomposites as Effective Thermal Insulation Materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Hao ◽  
Minqing Li ◽  
Garrett Joseph Coleman ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Pierre Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Material Composition ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Atomic Structures ◽  
Porous Nanocomposites ◽  
Theoretical Minimum

ABSTRACTWith extremely disordered atomic structures, a glass possesses a thermal conductivity k that approaches the theoretical minimum of its composition, known as the Einstein’s limit.1 Depending on the material composition and the extent of disorder, the thermal conductivity of some glasses can be down to 0.1-0.3 W/m∙K at room temperature,2,3 representing some of the lowest k values among existing solids. Such a low k can be further reduced by the interfacial phonon scattering within a nanocomposite that can be used for thermal insulation applications. In this work, nanocomposites hot pressed from the mixture of glass nanopowder (GeSe4 or Ge20Te70Se10) and commercial SiO2 nanoparticles, or pure glass nanopowder, are investigated for the potential k reduction. It is found that adding SiO2 nanoparticles will instead increase k if the measured k values for usually porous nanocomposites are converted into those for the corresponding solid (kSolid) with Eucken’s formula. In contrast, pure glass nano-samples always show kSolid data significantly reduced from that for the starting glass. For a pure GeSe4 nano-sample, kSolid would beat the Einstein’s limit for its composition.

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