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

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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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  1. Bristol Univ. (United Kingdom)
  2. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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OSTI Identifier:
1511942
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AC05-00OR22725
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Communications Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2399-3650
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Yuan, Chao, Li, Jiahan, Lindsay, Lucas, Cherns, David, Pomeroy, James W., Liu, Song, Edgar, James H., and Kuball, Martin. Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s42005-019-0145-5.
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Yuan, Chao, Li, Jiahan, Lindsay, Lucas, Cherns, David, Pomeroy, James W., Liu, Song, Edgar, James H., & Kuball, Martin. Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0145-5
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Yuan, Chao, Li, Jiahan, Lindsay, Lucas, Cherns, David, Pomeroy, James W., Liu, Song, Edgar, James H., and Kuball, Martin. Thu . "Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0145-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1511942.
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@article{osti_1511942,
title = {Modulating the thermal conductivity in hexagonal boron nitride via controlled boron isotope concentration},
author = {Yuan, Chao and Li, Jiahan and Lindsay, Lucas and Cherns, David and Pomeroy, James W. and Liu, Song and Edgar, James H. and Kuball, Martin},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1038/s42005-019-0145-5},
journal = {Communications Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) crystals Raman and microstructural characterizations. a Raman spectra of the E2g mode, obtained using 532 nm excitation, of the 99% 10B (monoisotopic 10B), 48% 11B (isotopically disordered), 78% 11B (near-natural), and 99% 11B (monoisotopic 11B) h-BN samples at room temperature. b Selected area electronmore » diffraction (SAED) image, showing a hexagonal diffraction pattern consistent with diffraction into (hki0) reflections and a [0001] surface normal of the specimen. c Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrograph, steps are marked with yellow arrows; scale bar, 100 μm. d, e Electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) color map obtained by scanning a selected (60 µm × 90 µm) area with 1 µm step size: d inverse pole figure, illustrating the top surface of the sample being the (0001) plane of the hexagonal structure of h-BN. e Orientation deviation mapping, showing misorientation (tilt) up to ~ 2° between grains; scale bar is 30 μm. f Bright-field and g dark-field transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images under two beam diffracting conditions with g = 11$\bar2$0, in-plane (near-screw) dislocations were observed (indicated by purple arrows) in (f), which dissociated into closely spaced partial dislocations (indicated by yellow arrows) in (g); scale bar is 1 μm. h Bright-field TEM image, sub-grain boundary, visible as fringes indicated by purple arrows; scale bar is 1 μm. Note that using TEM, the crystal was found to have areas a few tens of microns across which were free of defects. Images (f–h) were taken at selected area of h-BN where defects were observed« less
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