Effects of Aperiodicity and Roughness on Coherent Heat Conduction in Superlattices

Qiu, Bo; Chen, Gang; Tian, Zhiting

doi:10.1080/15567265.2015.1102186

Title: Effects of Aperiodicity and Roughness on Coherent Heat Conduction in Superlattices

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/15567265.2015.1102186· OSTI ID:1370984

Qiu, Bo ^[1]; Chen, Gang ^[1]; Tian, Zhiting ^[2]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Coherent phonon heat conduction has recently been confirmed experimentally in superlattice structures. Such traveling coherent phonon waves in superlattices lead to a linear increase in thermal conductivity as the number of periods increases. For applications such as thermal insulation or thermoelectrics, minimization of the phonon coherent effect is desirable. In this paper, we use molecular dynamics simulations to study how to control coherent heat conduction in superlattices (SLs). It is found that either aperiodic SLs or SLs with rough interfaces can significantly disrupt coherent heat conduction when the interface densities are high. For sample thickness less than 125 nm, aperiodic SLs with perfect interfaces are found to have the lowest thermal conductivity. We use the atomic Green’s function method to examine the phonon dynamics. The impact of either aperiodicity or interface roughness is attributed to reduced transmittance. Such impact diminishes as the interface density reduces.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577

OSTI ID:: 1370984

Journal Information:: Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 19, Issue 4; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; ISSN 1556-7265

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