Phonon anharmonicity and negative thermal expansion in SnSe
Abstract
The anharmonic phonon properties of SnSe in the Pnma phase were investigated with a combination of experiments and first-principles simulations. Using inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (NRIXS), we have measured the phonon dispersions and density of states (DOS) and their temperature dependence, which revealed a strong, inhomogeneous shift and broadening of the spectrum on warming. First-principles simulations were performed to rationalize these measurements, and to explain the previously reported anisotropic thermal expansion, in particular the negative thermal expansion within the Sn-Se bilayers. Including the anisotropic strain dependence of the phonon free energy, in addition to the electronic ground state energy, is essential to reproduce the negative thermal expansion. From the phonon DOS obtained with INS and additional calorimetry measurements, we quantify the harmonic, dilational, and anharmonic components of the phonon entropy, heat capacity, and free energy. Lastly, the origin of the anharmonic phonon thermodynamics is linked to the electronic structure.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division; Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Dept.
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1302905
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1287766; OSTI ID: 1340000
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; SC0001299; AC05- 00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; phonon
Citation Formats
Bansal, Dipanshu, Hong, Jiawang, Li, Chen W., May, Andrew F., Porter, Wallace, Hu, Michael Y., Abernathy, Douglas L., and Delaire, Olivier. Phonon anharmonicity and negative thermal expansion in SnSe. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054307.
Bansal, Dipanshu, Hong, Jiawang, Li, Chen W., May, Andrew F., Porter, Wallace, Hu, Michael Y., Abernathy, Douglas L., & Delaire, Olivier. Phonon anharmonicity and negative thermal expansion in SnSe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054307
Bansal, Dipanshu, Hong, Jiawang, Li, Chen W., May, Andrew F., Porter, Wallace, Hu, Michael Y., Abernathy, Douglas L., and Delaire, Olivier. Tue .
"Phonon anharmonicity and negative thermal expansion in SnSe". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054307. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1302905.
@article{osti_1302905,
title = {Phonon anharmonicity and negative thermal expansion in SnSe},
author = {Bansal, Dipanshu and Hong, Jiawang and Li, Chen W. and May, Andrew F. and Porter, Wallace and Hu, Michael Y. and Abernathy, Douglas L. and Delaire, Olivier},
abstractNote = {The anharmonic phonon properties of SnSe in the Pnma phase were investigated with a combination of experiments and first-principles simulations. Using inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (NRIXS), we have measured the phonon dispersions and density of states (DOS) and their temperature dependence, which revealed a strong, inhomogeneous shift and broadening of the spectrum on warming. First-principles simulations were performed to rationalize these measurements, and to explain the previously reported anisotropic thermal expansion, in particular the negative thermal expansion within the Sn-Se bilayers. Including the anisotropic strain dependence of the phonon free energy, in addition to the electronic ground state energy, is essential to reproduce the negative thermal expansion. From the phonon DOS obtained with INS and additional calorimetry measurements, we quantify the harmonic, dilational, and anharmonic components of the phonon entropy, heat capacity, and free energy. Lastly, the origin of the anharmonic phonon thermodynamics is linked to the electronic structure.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054307},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 5,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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