First principles kinetic-collective thermal conductivity of semiconductors

A fully predictive kinetic-collective model using first principles phonon spectra and relaxation times is presented. Thermal conductivity values obtained for Si, Ge, C (diamond), and GaAs in a wide range of sizes and temperatures are in good agreement with experimental data without the use of any fi...

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Autores: Torres Alvarez, Pol|||0000-0003-2544-5850, Torello Massana, Alvar|||0000-0002-4173-2529, Bafaluy, Javier|||0000-0003-1972-9339, Camacho, Juan|||0000-0002-8095-4167, Cartoixà, Xavier|||0000-0003-1905-5979, Alvarez, F. Xavier|||0000-0001-6746-2144
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:304139
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/304139
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.165407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Phonons
Semiconductors
Thermal conductivity
Density functional theory
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Sumario:A fully predictive kinetic-collective model using first principles phonon spectra and relaxation times is presented. Thermal conductivity values obtained for Si, Ge, C (diamond), and GaAs in a wide range of sizes and temperatures are in good agreement with experimental data without the use of any fitting parameter. These results open the door to discuss how the precise combination of kinetic and collective contributions to heat transport could provide a useful framework to interpret recent complex experiments displaying non-Fourier behavior.