Using atomic layer deposited tungsten to increase thermal conductivity of a packed bed

Van Norman, Staci A.; Tringe, Joseph W.; Sain, John D.; Yang, Ronggui; Falconer, John L.; Weimer, Alan W.

doi:10.1063/1.4917309

Using atomic layer deposited tungsten to increase thermal conductivity of a packed bed

Journal Article · Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917309· OSTI ID:1342071

Van Norman, Staci A. ^[1]; Tringe, Joseph W. ^[2]; Sain, John D. ^[2]; Yang, Ronggui ^[1]; Falconer, John L. ^[1]; ^[1]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

This paper investigated the effective thermal conductivity (k_eff) of packed-beds that contained porous particles with nanoscale tungsten (W) films of different thicknesses formed by atomic layer deposition (ALD). A continuous film on the particles is vital towards increasing k_eff of the packed beds. For example, the keff of an alumina packed bed was increased by three times after an ~8-nm continuous W film with 20 cycles of W ALD, whereas k_eff was decreased on a polymer packed bed with discontinuous, evenly dispersed W-islands due to nanoparticle scattering of phonons. For catalysts, understanding the thermal properties of these packed beds is essential for developing thermally conductive supports as alternatives to structured supports.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AR0000291

OSTI ID:: 1342071

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1226735
OSTI ID: 22398906

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--665861

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 106; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (23)

A study on the thermal behavior of structured plate-type catalysts with metallic supports for gas/solid exothermic reactions Tronconi, Enrico; Groppi, Gianpiero Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 55, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00214-1	journal	December 2000
Characteristics of metallic structured catalysts with high thermal conductivity Groppi, G. Catalysis Today, Vol. 60, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5861(00)00317-5	journal	July 2000
An experimental investigation of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over washcoated metallic structured supports Visconti, Carlo Giorgio; Tronconi, Enrico; Lietti, Luca Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 370, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2009.09.023	journal	November 2009
Honeycomb supports with high thermal conductivity for gas/solid chemical processes Groppi, Gianpiero; Tronconi, Enrico Catalysis Today, Vol. 105, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2005.06.041	journal	August 2005
Monolithic catalysts with high thermal conductivity for the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis in tubular reactors Visconti, Carlo Giorgio; Tronconi, Enrico; Groppi, Gianpiero Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 171, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.014	journal	July 2011
An appraisal of the heat transfer properties of metallic open-cell foams for strongly exo-/endo-thermic catalytic processes in tubular reactors Bianchi, Enrico; Heidig, Tobias; Visconti, Carlo Giorgio Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 198-199 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.045	journal	August 2012
Monolithic catalysts with ‘high conductivity’ honeycomb supports for gas/solid exothermic reactions: characterization of the heat-transfer properties Tronconi, Enrico; Groppi, Gianpiero; Boger, Thorsten Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 59, Issue 22-23 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2004.07.018	journal	November 2004
Heat transfer in conductive monolith structures Boger, Thorsten; Heibel, Achim K. Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 60, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.031	journal	April 2005
Novel catalyst structures with enhanced heat transfer characteristics Sheng, Min; Yang, Hongyun; Cahela, Donald R. Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 281, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2011.05.006	journal	July 2011
Nucleation and growth during the atomic layer deposition of W on Al2O3 and Al2O3 on W Grubbs, R. K.; Nelson, C. E.; Steinmetz, N. J. Thin Solid Films, Vol. 467, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2004.02.099	journal	November 2004
Tungsten atomic layer deposition on polymers Wilson, C. A.; McCormick, J. A.; Cavanagh, A. S. Thin Solid Films, Vol. 516, Issue 18, p. 6175-6185 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.11.086	journal	July 2008
Nucleation and Growth during Al ₂ O ₃ Atomic Layer Deposition on Polymers Wilson, C. A.; Grubbs, R. K.; George, S. M. Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 17, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1021/cm050704d	journal	November 2005
Structured Packings for Multiphase Catalytic Reactors Pangarkar, Kalyani; Schildhauer, Tilman J.; van Ommen, J. Ruud Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 47, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/ie800067r	journal	May 2008
Broadband phonon mean free path contributions to thermal conductivity measured using frequency domain thermoreflectance Regner, Keith T.; Sellan, Daniel P.; Su, Zonghui Nature Communications, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2630	journal	March 2013
Flash Method of Determining Thermal Diffusivity, Heat Capacity, and Thermal Conductivity Parker, W. J.; Jenkins, R. J.; Butler, C. P. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 32, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1728417	journal	September 1961
Nucleation period, surface roughness, and oscillations in mass gain per cycle during W atomic layer deposition on Al2O3 Wind, R. W.; Fabreguette, F. H.; Sechrist, Z. A. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3103254	journal	April 2009
Simultaneous measurement of thermal conductivity and heat capacity of bulk and thin film materials using frequency-dependent transient thermoreflectance method Liu, Jun; Zhu, Jie; Tian, Miao Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 84, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797479	journal	March 2013
Frequency dependence of the thermal conductivity of semiconductor alloys Koh, Yee Kan; Cahill, David G. Physical Review B, Vol. 76, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.075207	journal	August 2007
Heat transport by long mean free path vibrations in amorphous silicon nitride near room temperature Sultan, Rubina; Avery, A. D.; Underwood, J. M. Physical Review B, Vol. 87, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.214305	journal	June 2013
High Thermal Conductivity of a Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Film Liu, Xiao; Feldman, J. L.; Cahill, D. G. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.035901	journal	January 2009
Thermal Conductivity Spectroscopy Technique to Measure Phonon Mean Free Paths Minnich, A. J.; Johnson, J. A.; Schmidt, A. J. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.095901	journal	August 2011
Determining Phonon Mean Free Paths from Observations of Quasiballistic Thermal Transport Minnich, A. J. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.205901	journal	November 2012
Direct Measurement of Room-Temperature Nondiffusive Thermal Transport Over Micron Distances in a Silicon Membrane Johnson, Jeremy A.; Maznev, A. A.; Cuffe, John Physical Review Letters, Vol. 110, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.025901	journal	January 2013

Similar Records

Using atomic layer deposited tungsten to increase thermal conductivity of a packed bed

Journal Article · Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters · OSTI ID:22398906

Experimental Investigation and Analysis of the Effective Thermal Properties of Beryllium Packed Beds

Journal Article · Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2003 · Fusion Science and Technology · OSTI ID:20849493

Thermal conductivity of packed beds of refractory particles: Experimental results

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · OSTI ID:532942

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Using atomic layer deposited tungsten to increase thermal conductivity of a packed bed

Citation Formats

References (23)

Similar Records

Related Subjects