Origins of low lattice thermal conductivity of Pb1-xSnxTe alloys

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafal Knura ◽  
Taras Parashchuk ◽  
Akira Yoshiasa ◽  
Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Transport Phenomena ◽  
Lead Telluride ◽  
Direct Conversion

Lead telluride is a well-established material for direct conversion of heat into electricity. However, the aspects of the heat transport phenomena for PbTe-alloys remain not fully understood. Here, for the...

Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Superconducting Lanthanum Cuprate

1989 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.T. Morelli ◽  
G.L. Doll ◽  
J.P. Heremans ◽  
H.P. Jenssen ◽  
A. Cassanho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Conduction ◽  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Heat Conductivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Lanthanum Copper Oxide ◽  
Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity

AbstractThe thermal conductivities of superconducting, Sr-doped lanthanum copper oxide single crystals have been measured from room temperature to below 100 mK parallel and perpendicular to the copper oxide planes. While the results indicate that the heat conduction is strongly anisotropic, the data have been analyzed in terms of a modified Bardeen-Rickhayzen-Tewordt theory of lattice thermal conductivity. It is shown that while electron scattering plays an important role in limiting the in-plane heat conductivity, this scattering channel is masked by other mechanisms for heat transport across the planes.

Lattice Thermal Conductivity Modelling of a Diatomic Nanoscale Material

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 602-609
Author(s):  
Adil H. Awad
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Phonon Scattering ◽  
Correction Term ◽  
Nanoscale Material ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Conductivity Modelling ◽  
Callaway Model

Introduction: A new approach for expressing the lattice thermal conductivity of diatomic nanoscale materials is developed. Methods: The lattice thermal conductivity of two samples of GaAs nanobeam at 4-100K is calculated on the basis of monatomic dispersion relation. Phonons are scattered by nanobeam boundaries, point defects and other phonons via normal and Umklapp processes. Methods: A comparative study of the results of the present analysis and those obtained using Callaway formula is performed. We clearly demonstrate the importance of the utilised scattering mechanisms in lattice thermal conductivity by addressing the separate role of the phonon scattering relaxation rate. The formulas derived from the correction term are also presented, and their difference from Callaway model is evident. Furthermore their percentage contribution is sufficiently small to be neglected in calculating lattice thermal conductivity. Conclusion: Our model is successfully used to correlate the predicted lattice thermal conductivity with that of the experimental observation.

scholarly journals Local ferroelectric polarization switching driven by nanoscale distortions in thermoelectric $${\text {Sn}}_{0.7}{\text {Ge}}_{0.3}{\text {Te}}$$

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aastha Vasdev ◽  
Moinak Dutta ◽  
Shivam Mishra ◽  
Veerpal Kaur ◽  
Harleen Kaur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Ferroelectric Domains ◽  
Pdf Analysis ◽  
Ferroelectric Transition Temperature

AbstractA remarkable decrease in the lattice thermal conductivity and enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit were recently observed in rock-salt cubic SnTe, when doped with germanium (Ge). Primarily, based on theoretical analysis, the decrease in lattice thermal conductivity was attributed to local ferroelectric fluctuations induced softening of the optical phonons which may strongly scatter the heat carrying acoustic phonons. Although the previous structural analysis indicated that the local ferroelectric transition temperature would be near room temperature in $${\text {Sn}}_{0.7}{\text {Ge}}_{0.3}{\text {Te}}$$ Sn 0.7 Ge 0.3 Te , a direct evidence of local ferroelectricity remained elusive. Here we report a direct evidence of local nanoscale ferroelectric domains and their switching in $${\text {Sn}}_{0.7}{\text {Ge}}_{0.3}{\text {Te}}$$ Sn 0.7 Ge 0.3 Te using piezoeresponse force microscopy(PFM) and switching spectroscopy over a range of temperatures near the room temperature. From temperature dependent (250–300 K) synchrotron X-ray pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, we show the presence of local off-centering distortion of Ge along the rhombohedral direction in global cubic $${\text {Sn}}_{0.7}{\text {Ge}}_{0.3}{\text {Te}}$$ Sn 0.7 Ge 0.3 Te . The length scale of the $${\text {Ge}}^{2+}$$ Ge 2 + off-centering is 0.25–0.10 Å near the room temperatures (250–300 K). This local emphatic behaviour of cation is the cause for the observed local ferroelectric instability, thereby low lattice thermal conductivity in $${\text {Sn}}_{0.7}{\text {Ge}}_{0.3}{\text {Te}}$$ Sn 0.7 Ge 0.3 Te .

Study of lattice thermal conductivity of tungsten containing bubbles by molecular dynamics simulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 112004
Author(s):  
Hongyu Zhang ◽  
Jizhong Sun ◽  
Yingmin Wang ◽  
Thomas Stirner ◽  
Ali Y. Hamid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Dynamics Simulation

Ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric efficiency of K3AuO

2021 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 045101
Author(s):  
Qi Zhong ◽  
Zhenhong Dai ◽  
Junping Wang ◽  
Yinchang Zhao ◽  
Sheng Meng
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Efficiency

scholarly journals Approximate models for the lattice thermal conductivity of alloy thermoelectrics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Skelton
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Seebeck Effect ◽  
Thermoelectric Generators ◽  
Approximate Models

Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) convert waste heat to electricity and are a leading contender for improving energy efficiency at a range of scales. Ideal TE materials show a large Seebeck effect,...

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