Boron arsenide phonon dispersion from inelastic x-ray scattering: Potential for ultrahigh thermal conductivity
Abstract
Cubic boron arsenide (BAs) was predicted to have an exceptionally high thermal conductivity (k) similar to 2000Wm(-1)K(-1) at room temperature, comparable to that of diamond, based on first-principles calculations. Subsequent experimental measurements, however, only obtained a k of similar to 200Wm(-1)K(-1). To gain insight into this discrepancy, we measured phonon dispersion of single-crystal BAs along high symmetry directions using inelastic x-ray scattering and compared these with first-principles calculations. Based on the measured phonon dispersion, we have validated the theoretical prediction of a large frequency gap between acoustic and optical modes and bunching of acoustic branches, which were considered the main reasons for the predicted ultrahigh k. This supports its potential to be a super thermal conductor if very-high-quality single-crystal samples can be synthesized.
- Authors:
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- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Div.; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Div.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1337029
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1335724; OSTI ID: 1397255
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Ma, Hao, Li, Chen, Tang, Shixiong, Yan, Jiaqiang, Alatas, Ahmet, Lindsay, Lucas, Sales, Brian C., and Tian, Zhiting. Boron arsenide phonon dispersion from inelastic x-ray scattering: Potential for ultrahigh thermal conductivity. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.220303.
Ma, Hao, Li, Chen, Tang, Shixiong, Yan, Jiaqiang, Alatas, Ahmet, Lindsay, Lucas, Sales, Brian C., & Tian, Zhiting. Boron arsenide phonon dispersion from inelastic x-ray scattering: Potential for ultrahigh thermal conductivity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.220303
Ma, Hao, Li, Chen, Tang, Shixiong, Yan, Jiaqiang, Alatas, Ahmet, Lindsay, Lucas, Sales, Brian C., and Tian, Zhiting. Wed .
"Boron arsenide phonon dispersion from inelastic x-ray scattering: Potential for ultrahigh thermal conductivity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.220303. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337029.
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title = {Boron arsenide phonon dispersion from inelastic x-ray scattering: Potential for ultrahigh thermal conductivity},
author = {Ma, Hao and Li, Chen and Tang, Shixiong and Yan, Jiaqiang and Alatas, Ahmet and Lindsay, Lucas and Sales, Brian C. and Tian, Zhiting},
abstractNote = {Cubic boron arsenide (BAs) was predicted to have an exceptionally high thermal conductivity (k) similar to 2000Wm(-1)K(-1) at room temperature, comparable to that of diamond, based on first-principles calculations. Subsequent experimental measurements, however, only obtained a k of similar to 200Wm(-1)K(-1). To gain insight into this discrepancy, we measured phonon dispersion of single-crystal BAs along high symmetry directions using inelastic x-ray scattering and compared these with first-principles calculations. Based on the measured phonon dispersion, we have validated the theoretical prediction of a large frequency gap between acoustic and optical modes and bunching of acoustic branches, which were considered the main reasons for the predicted ultrahigh k. This supports its potential to be a super thermal conductor if very-high-quality single-crystal samples can be synthesized.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.220303},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 22,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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