Inverse Design of Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity Materials via Materials Database Screening of Lone Pair Cation Coordination Environment
Abstract
The presence of lone pair (LP) electrons is strongly associated with the disruption of lattice heat transport, which is a critical component of strategies to achieve efficient thermoelectric energy conversion. By exploiting an empirical relationship between lattice thermal conductivity, κL, and the bond angles of pnictogen group LP cation coordination environments, we develop an inverse design strategy based on a materials database screening to identify chalcogenide materials with ultralow κL for thermoelectrics. Screening the ~635 000 real and hypothetical inorganic crystals of the Open Quantum Materials Database based on the constituent elements, nominal electron counting, LP cation coordination environment, and synthesizability, we identify 189 compounds expected to exhibit ultralow κL. As a validation, we explicitly compute the lattice dynamical properties of two of the compounds (Cu2AgBiPbS4 and MnTl2As2S5) using first-principles calculations and successfully find both achieve ultralow κL values at room temperature of ~0.3-0.4 W/(m·K) corresponding to the amorphous limit. Furthermore, our data-driven approach provides promising candidates for thermoelectric materials and opens new avenues for the design of phononic properties of materials.
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- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
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- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
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- 1777411
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- SC0014520; AC02-05CH11231; ACI-1548562
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Elements; Phonons; Lattices; Pnictides; Cations
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Isaacs, Eric B., Lu, Grace M., and Wolverton, Christopher. Inverse Design of Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity Materials via Materials Database Screening of Lone Pair Cation Coordination Environment. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01077.
Isaacs, Eric B., Lu, Grace M., & Wolverton, Christopher. Inverse Design of Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity Materials via Materials Database Screening of Lone Pair Cation Coordination Environment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01077
Isaacs, Eric B., Lu, Grace M., and Wolverton, Christopher. Tue .
"Inverse Design of Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity Materials via Materials Database Screening of Lone Pair Cation Coordination Environment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01077. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1777411.
@article{osti_1777411,
title = {Inverse Design of Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity Materials via Materials Database Screening of Lone Pair Cation Coordination Environment},
author = {Isaacs, Eric B. and Lu, Grace M. and Wolverton, Christopher},
abstractNote = {The presence of lone pair (LP) electrons is strongly associated with the disruption of lattice heat transport, which is a critical component of strategies to achieve efficient thermoelectric energy conversion. By exploiting an empirical relationship between lattice thermal conductivity, κL, and the bond angles of pnictogen group LP cation coordination environments, we develop an inverse design strategy based on a materials database screening to identify chalcogenide materials with ultralow κL for thermoelectrics. Screening the ~635 000 real and hypothetical inorganic crystals of the Open Quantum Materials Database based on the constituent elements, nominal electron counting, LP cation coordination environment, and synthesizability, we identify 189 compounds expected to exhibit ultralow κL. As a validation, we explicitly compute the lattice dynamical properties of two of the compounds (Cu2AgBiPbS4 and MnTl2As2S5) using first-principles calculations and successfully find both achieve ultralow κL values at room temperature of ~0.3-0.4 W/(m·K) corresponding to the amorphous limit. Furthermore, our data-driven approach provides promising candidates for thermoelectric materials and opens new avenues for the design of phononic properties of materials.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01077},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
number = 14,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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