Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Graphene Exfoliated on Silicon Dioxide

2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Hun Seol ◽  
Arden L. Moore ◽  
Li Shi ◽  
Insun Jo ◽  
Zhen Yao
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Silicon Dioxide ◽  
Ultrathin Films ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Conductivity Measurement ◽  
Thermal Conductivity Measurement ◽  
Resistance Thermometer ◽  
Numerical Heat Transfer ◽  
Measurement Results

We have developed a nanofabricated resistance thermometer device to measure the thermal conductivity of graphene monolayers exfoliated onto silicon dioxide. The measurement results show that the thermal conductivity of the supported graphene is approximately 600 W/m K at room temperature. While this value is lower than the reported basal plane values for graphite and suspended graphene because of phonon leakage across the graphene-support interface, it is still considerably higher than the values for common thin film electronic materials. Here, we present a detailed discussion of the design and fabrication of the measurement device. Analytical and numerical heat transfer solutions are developed to evaluate the accuracy and uncertainty of this method for thermal conductivity measurement of high-thermal conductivity ultrathin films.

Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Graphene Exfoliated on Silicon Dioxide

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Hun Seol ◽  
Arden L. Moore ◽  
Insun Jo ◽  
Zhen Yao ◽  
Li Shi
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Silicon Dioxide ◽  
Thermal Transport ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Conductivity Measurement ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Suspended Graphene ◽  
Numerical Heat Transfer ◽  
Low Dimensional

Since graphene was first exfoliated from graphite, the monatomic layer of carbon atoms has attracted great interest for fundamental studies of unique two dimensional transport phenomena. Meanwhile, graphene is being explored for nanoelectronic applications because of the superior electron mobility and mechanical strength as well as compatibility with existing planar silicon-based microelectronics. The ultrahigh thermal conductivity suggested recently for suspended graphene is another attractive feature that may potentially address the increasingly severe heat dissipation problems in nanoelectronic devices. However, little is known about thermal transport properties of supported graphene that is used in most graphene device configurations. To better understand thermal transport in supported graphene, we have developed a device to measure the thermal conductivity of graphene exfoliated on a silicon dioxide beam. The obtained peak thermal conductivity is about 600 W/m-K near room temperature. This value is lower than the basal plane values for graphite and suspended graphene, but still considerably higher than common electronic materials. The measurement results at low temperatures further reveal intriguing low dimensional behaviors. Here, we present a detailed analytical and numerical heat transfer analysis of the thermal measurement method.

Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Individual Polythiophene Nanofibers With Suspended Micro-Resistance Thermometer Devices

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally A. McMenamin ◽  
Annie Weathers ◽  
Virendra Singh ◽  
Michael T. Pettes ◽  
Baratunde A. Cola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Conductivity Measurement ◽  
Polymer Chains ◽  
High Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Resistance Thermometer ◽  
Aligned Nanofibers ◽  
Measured Thermal Conductivity

High thermal conductivity, comparable to that of a metal, has been observed in some stretched polyethylene nanofibers due to a decrease in defect density with the alignment of the polymer chains. Such high thermal conductivity may be useful for thermal management applications such as thermal adhesives made of aligned nanofibers. Polythiophene (Pth) is a conducting polymer that can be synthesized electrochemically as aligned nanofiber forests without the need for stretching individual fibers. Here we report the thermal conductivity of individual suspended Pth nanofibers synthesized electrochemically and measured with the use of a microfabricated device in the temperature range of 80 K to 375 K. The measured thermal conductivity increases with temperature. For three single suspended Pth nanofibers with a diameter on the order of 200 nm, the room temperature value between 0.6 and 0.8 W/m K is about four-fold higher than that reported for Pth thin films and comparable to that reported for binder-filler thermal adhesives.

Construction of a thermal conductivity measurement system for small single crystals of organic conductors

2018 ◽  
Vol 135 (5) ◽  
pp. 2831-2836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Nomoto ◽  
Shusaku Imajo ◽  
Satoshi Yamashita ◽  
Hiroki Akutsu ◽  
Yasuhiro Nakazawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
Conductivity Measurement ◽  
Organic Conductors ◽  
Thermal Conductivity Measurement
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