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Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide.


ABSTRACT: Recent experiments demonstrate that boron arsenide (BAs) is a showcase material to study the role of higher-order four-phonon interactions in affecting heat conduction in semiconductors. Here we use first-principles calculations to identify a phenomenon in BAs and a related material - boron antimonide, that has never been predicted or experimentally observed for any other material: competing responses of three-phonon and four-phonon interactions to pressure rise cause a non-monotonic pressure dependence of thermal conductivity, ?, which first increases similar to most materials and then decreases. The resulting peak in ? shows a strong temperature dependence from rapid strengthening of four-phonon interactions relative to three-phonon processes with temperature. Our results reveal pressure as a knob to tune the interplay between the competing phonon scattering mechanisms in BAs and similar compounds, and provide clear experimental guidelines for observation in a readily accessible measurement regime.

SUBMITTER: Ravichandran NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6381145 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide.

Ravichandran Navaneetha K NK   Broido David D  

Nature communications 20190219 1


Recent experiments demonstrate that boron arsenide (BAs) is a showcase material to study the role of higher-order four-phonon interactions in affecting heat conduction in semiconductors. Here we use first-principles calculations to identify a phenomenon in BAs and a related material - boron antimonide, that has never been predicted or experimentally observed for any other material: competing responses of three-phonon and four-phonon interactions to pressure rise cause a non-monotonic pressure de  ...[more]

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