Green's function studies of phonon transport across Si/Ge superlattices

被引:66
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作者
Tian, Zhiting [1 ]
Esfarjani, Keivan [1 ]
Chen, Gang [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Mech Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2014年 / 89卷 / 23期
关键词
THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT-TRANSFER; THERMOELECTRIC-MATERIALS; LATTICES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.235307
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Understanding and manipulating coherent phonon transport in solids is of interest both for enhancing the fundamental understanding of thermal transport as well as for many practical applications, including thermoelectrics. In this study, we investigate phonon transmission across Si/Ge superlattices using the Green's function method with first-principles force constants derived from ab initio density functional theory. By keeping the period thickness fixed while changing the number of periods, we show that interface roughness partially destroys coherent phonon transport, especially at high temperatures. The competition between the low-frequency coherent modes and high-frequency incoherent modes leads to an optimum period length for minimum thermal conductivity. To destroy coherence of the low-frequency modes, scattering length scale on the order of period length is required. This finding is useful to guide the design of superlattices to reach even lower thermal conductivity.
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