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Title: Strongly tunable anisotropic thermal transport in MoS2 by strain and lithium intercalation: first-principles calculations

Abstract

The possibility of tuning the vibrational properties and the thermal conductivity of layered van der Waals materials either chemically or mechanically paves the way to significant advances in nanoscale heat management. Using first-principles calculations we investigate the modulation of heat transport in MoS2 by lithium intercalation and cross-plane strain. Here, we find that both the in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivity (κτz) of MoS2 are extremely sensitive to both strain and electrochemical intercalation. Combining lithium intercalation and strain, the in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivity can be tuned over one and two orders of magnitude, respectively. Furthermore, since and respond in different ways to intercalation and strain, the thermal conductivity anisotropy can be modulated by two orders of magnitude. The underlying mechanisms for such large tunability of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of MoS2 are explored by computing and analyzing the dispersion relations, group velocities, relaxation times and mean free paths of phonons. Since both intercalation and strain can be applied reversibly, their stark effect on thermal conductivity can be exploited to design novel phononic devices, as well as for thermal management in MoS2-based electronic and optoelectronic systems.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1527105
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; 1542883
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
2D Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2053-1583
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; thermal conductivity; intercalation; molybdenum disulphide; strain

Citation Formats

Chen, Shunda, Sood, Aditya, Pop, Eric, Goodson, Kenneth E., and Donadio, Davide. Strongly tunable anisotropic thermal transport in MoS2 by strain and lithium intercalation: first-principles calculations. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1088/2053-1583/ab0715.
Chen, Shunda, Sood, Aditya, Pop, Eric, Goodson, Kenneth E., & Donadio, Davide. Strongly tunable anisotropic thermal transport in MoS2 by strain and lithium intercalation: first-principles calculations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ab0715
Chen, Shunda, Sood, Aditya, Pop, Eric, Goodson, Kenneth E., and Donadio, Davide. Fri . "Strongly tunable anisotropic thermal transport in MoS2 by strain and lithium intercalation: first-principles calculations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ab0715. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1527105.
@article{osti_1527105,
title = {Strongly tunable anisotropic thermal transport in MoS2 by strain and lithium intercalation: first-principles calculations},
author = {Chen, Shunda and Sood, Aditya and Pop, Eric and Goodson, Kenneth E. and Donadio, Davide},
abstractNote = {The possibility of tuning the vibrational properties and the thermal conductivity of layered van der Waals materials either chemically or mechanically paves the way to significant advances in nanoscale heat management. Using first-principles calculations we investigate the modulation of heat transport in MoS2 by lithium intercalation and cross-plane strain. Here, we find that both the in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivity (κτ,κz) of MoS2 are extremely sensitive to both strain and electrochemical intercalation. Combining lithium intercalation and strain, the in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivity can be tuned over one and two orders of magnitude, respectively. Furthermore, since and respond in different ways to intercalation and strain, the thermal conductivity anisotropy can be modulated by two orders of magnitude. The underlying mechanisms for such large tunability of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of MoS2 are explored by computing and analyzing the dispersion relations, group velocities, relaxation times and mean free paths of phonons. Since both intercalation and strain can be applied reversibly, their stark effect on thermal conductivity can be exploited to design novel phononic devices, as well as for thermal management in MoS2-based electronic and optoelectronic systems.},
doi = {10.1088/2053-1583/ab0715},
journal = {2D Materials},
number = 2,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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