Interatomic potential for predicting the thermal conductivity of zirconium trisulfide monolayers with molecular dynamics

We present here a new interatomic potential parameter set to predict the thermal conductivity of zirconium trisulfide monolayers. The generated Tersoff-type force field is parameterized using data collected with first-principles calculations. We use non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Saiz, Fernan, Karaaslan, Yenal, Rurali, Riccardo, Sevik, Cem
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/240359
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/240359
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermal conductivity
First-principle calculations
Molecular dynamics
Interatomic potentials
Density functional theory
Phonons
Lattice dynamics
2D materials
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Sumario:We present here a new interatomic potential parameter set to predict the thermal conductivity of zirconium trisulfide monolayers. The generated Tersoff-type force field is parameterized using data collected with first-principles calculations. We use non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to predict the thermal conductivity. The generated parameters result in very good agreement in structural, mechanical, and dynamical parameters. The room temperature lattice thermal conductivity (κ) of the considered crystal is predicted to be κxx = 25.69 W m−1 K−1 and κyy = 42.38 W m−1 K−1, which both agree well with their corresponding first-principles values with a discrepancy of less than 5%. Moreover, the calculated κ variation with temperature (200 and 400 K) are comparable within the framework of the accuracy of both first-principles and molecular dynamics simulations