Microscopic mechanism of low thermal conductivity in lead telluride
Abstract
The microscopic physics behind low-lattice thermal conductivity of single-crystal rock salt lead telluride (PbTe) is investigated here. Mode-dependent phonon (normal and umklapp) scattering rates and their impact on thermal conductivity were quantified by first-principles-based anharmonic lattice dynamics calculations that accurately reproduce thermal conductivity in a wide temperature range. The low thermal conductivity of PbTe is attributed to the scattering of longitudinal acoustic phonons by transverse optical phonons with large anharmonicity and small group velocity of the soft transverse acoustic phonons. This results in enhancing the relative contribution of optical phonons, which are usually minor heat carriers in bulk materials.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi (Japan)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Science Division
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Warsaw (Poland). Inst. of Physics
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1067083
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1098701
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Shiga, Takuma, Shiomi, Junichiro, Ma, Jie, Delaire, Olivier, Radzynski, Tomasz, Lusakowski, Andrzej, Esfarjani, Keivan, and Chen, Gang. Microscopic mechanism of low thermal conductivity in lead telluride. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.155203.
Shiga, Takuma, Shiomi, Junichiro, Ma, Jie, Delaire, Olivier, Radzynski, Tomasz, Lusakowski, Andrzej, Esfarjani, Keivan, & Chen, Gang. Microscopic mechanism of low thermal conductivity in lead telluride. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.155203
Shiga, Takuma, Shiomi, Junichiro, Ma, Jie, Delaire, Olivier, Radzynski, Tomasz, Lusakowski, Andrzej, Esfarjani, Keivan, and Chen, Gang. Tue .
"Microscopic mechanism of low thermal conductivity in lead telluride". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.155203. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1067083.
@article{osti_1067083,
title = {Microscopic mechanism of low thermal conductivity in lead telluride},
author = {Shiga, Takuma and Shiomi, Junichiro and Ma, Jie and Delaire, Olivier and Radzynski, Tomasz and Lusakowski, Andrzej and Esfarjani, Keivan and Chen, Gang},
abstractNote = {The microscopic physics behind low-lattice thermal conductivity of single-crystal rock salt lead telluride (PbTe) is investigated here. Mode-dependent phonon (normal and umklapp) scattering rates and their impact on thermal conductivity were quantified by first-principles-based anharmonic lattice dynamics calculations that accurately reproduce thermal conductivity in a wide temperature range. The low thermal conductivity of PbTe is attributed to the scattering of longitudinal acoustic phonons by transverse optical phonons with large anharmonicity and small group velocity of the soft transverse acoustic phonons. This results in enhancing the relative contribution of optical phonons, which are usually minor heat carriers in bulk materials.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.85.155203},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 15,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Tue Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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