Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration

Yuan, Chao; Li, Jiahan; Lindsay, Lucas; Cherns, David; Pomeroy, James W.; Liu, Song; Edgar, James H.; Kuball, Martin

doi:10.1038/s42005-019-0145-5

Title: Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration

Journal Article · Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Communications Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0145-5· OSTI ID:1511942

Yuan, Chao ^[1]; Li, Jiahan ^[2];

^[3]; Cherns, David ^[1]; Pomeroy, James W. ^[1];

^[2]; Edgar, James H. ^[2]; Kuball, Martin ^[1]

Bristol Univ. (United Kingdom)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has been predicted to exhibit an in-plane thermal conductivity as high as ~ 550 W m^–1 K^–1 at room temperature, making it a promising thermal management material. However, current experimental results (220–420 m^–1 K^–1) have been well below the prediction. Here, we report on the modulation of h-BN thermal conductivity by controlling the B isotope concentration. For monoisotopic ¹⁰B h-BN, an in-plane thermal conductivity as high as 585 W m^–1 K^–1 is measured at room temperature, ~ 80% higher than that of h-BN with a disordered isotope concentration (52%:48% mixture of ¹⁰B and ¹¹B). The temperature-dependent thermal conductivities of monoisotopic h-BN agree well with first principles calculations including only intrinsic phonon-phonon scattering. Our results illustrate the potential to achieve high thermal conductivity in h-BN and control its thermal conductivity, opening avenues for the wide application of h-BN as a next-generation thin-film material for thermal management, metamaterials and metadevices.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

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

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OSTI ID:: 1511942

Journal Information:: Communications Physics, Vol. 2, Issue 1; ISSN 2399-3650

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