Thermal and thermoelectric transport measurements of an individual boron arsenide microstructure

Kim, Jaehyun; Evans, Daniel A.; Sellan, Daniel P.; Williams, Owen M.; Ou, Eric; Cowley, Alan H.; Shi, Li

doi:10.1063/1.4950970

Thermal and thermoelectric transport measurements of an individual boron arsenide microstructure

Journal Article · Wed May 18 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4950970· OSTI ID:1471111

Kim, Jaehyun ^[1]; Evans, Daniel A. ^[2]; ^[3]; Williams, Owen M. ^[2]; Ou, Eric ^[3]; Cowley, Alan H. ^[2]; ^[3]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; University of Texas at Austin
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Recent first principles calculations have predicted that boron arsenide (BAs) can possess an unexpectedly high thermal conductivity that depends sensitively on the crystal size and defect concentration. However, few experimental results have been obtained to verify these predictions. In the present work, we report four-probe thermal and thermoelectric transport measurements of an individual BAs microstructure that was synthesized via a vapor transport method. The measured thermal conductivity was found to decrease slightly with temperature in the range between 250K and 350 K. The temperature dependence suggests that the extrinsic phonon scattering processes play an important role in addition to intrinsic phonon-phonon scattering. The room temperature value of (186646) Wm^-1K^-1 is higher than that of bulk silicon but still a factor of four lower than the calculated result for a defect-free, non-degenerate BAs rod with a similar diameter of 1.15 μm. The measured p-type Seebeck coefficient and thermoelectric power factor are comparable to those of bismuth telluride, which is a commonly used thermoelectric material. In conclusion, the foregoing results also suggest that it is necessary to not only reduce defect and boundary scatterings but also to better understand and control the electron scattering of phonons in order to achieve the predicted ultrahigh intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of BAs.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46377

OSTI ID:: 1471111

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22591731
OSTI ID: 1253660

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 108; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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