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ACS Nano | 2014

Thermal Conductivity of Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide Obtained from Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectroscopy

Rusen Yan; Jeffrey R. Simpson; Simone Bertolazzi; Jacopo Brivio; Michael Watson; Xufei Wu; Andras Kis; Tengfei Luo; Angela R. Hight Walker; Huili Grace Xing

Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) offers potential for advanced devices and an alternative to graphene due to its unique electronic and optical properties. The temperature-dependent Raman spectra of exfoliated, monolayer MoS2 in the range of 100-320 K are reported and analyzed. The linear temperature coefficients of the in-plane E2g 1 and the out-of-plane A1g modes for both suspended and substrate-supported monolayer MoS2 are measured. These data, when combined with the first-order coefficients from laser power-dependent studies, enable the thermal conductivity to be extracted. The resulting thermal conductivity κ = (34.5(4) W/mK at room temperature agrees well with the first principles lattice dynamics simulations. However, this value is significantly lower than that of graphene. The results from this work provide important input for the design of MoS2-based devices where thermal management is critical.


Nature Communications | 2014

Resonant bonding leads to low lattice thermal conductivity

Sangyeop Lee; Keivan Esfarjani; Tengfei Luo; Jiawei Zhou; Zhiting Tian; Gang Chen

Understanding the lattice dynamics and low thermal conductivities of IV-VI, V2-VI3 and V materials is critical to the development of better thermoelectric and phase-change materials. Here we provide a link between chemical bonding and low thermal conductivity. Our first-principles calculations reveal that long-ranged interaction along the 〈100〉 direction of the rocksalt structure exist in lead chalcogenides, SnTe, Bi2Te3, Bi and Sb due to the resonant bonding that is common to all of them. This long-ranged interaction in lead chalcogenides and SnTe cause optical phonon softening, strong anharmonic scattering and large phase space for three-phonon scattering processes, which explain why rocksalt IV-VI compounds have much lower thermal conductivities than zincblende III-V compounds. The new insights on the relationship between resonant bonding and low thermal conductivity will help in the development of better thermoelectric and phase change materials.


Scientific Reports | 2015

Thermal Transport in Graphene Oxide – From Ballistic Extreme to Amorphous Limit

Xin Mu; Xufei Wu; Teng Zhang; David B. Go; Tengfei Luo

Graphene oxide is being used in energy, optical, electronic and sensor devices due to its unique properties. However, unlike its counterpart – graphene – the thermal transport properties of graphene oxide remain unknown. In this work, we use large-scale molecular dynamics simulations with reactive potentials to systematically study the role of oxygen adatoms on the thermal transport in graphene oxide. For pristine graphene, highly ballistic thermal transport is observed. As the oxygen coverage increases, the thermal conductivity is significantly reduced. An oxygen coverage of 5% can reduce the graphene thermal conductivity by ~90% and a coverage of 20% lower it to ~8.8 W/mK. This value is even lower than the calculated amorphous limit (~11.6 W/mK for graphene), which is usually regarded as the minimal possible thermal conductivity of a solid. Analyses show that the large reduction in thermal conductivity is due to the significantly enhanced phonon scattering induced by the oxygen defects which introduce dramatic structural deformations. These results provide important insight to the thermal transport physics in graphene oxide and offer valuable information for the design of graphene oxide-based materials and devices.


Applied Physics Letters | 2015

Anisotropic thermal conductivity in single crystal β-gallium oxide

Zhi Guo; Amit Verma; Xufei Wu; Fangyuan Sun; Austin Hickman; Takekazu Masui; Akito Kuramata; Masataka Higashiwaki; Debdeep Jena; Tengfei Luo

The thermal conductivities of β-Ga2O3 single crystals along four different crystal directions were measured in the temperature range of 80–495 K using the time domain thermoreflectance method. A large anisotropy was found. At room temperature, the [010] direction has the highest thermal conductivity of 27.0 ± 2.0 W/mK, while that along the [100] direction has the lowest value of 10.9 ± 1.0 W/mK. At high temperatures, the thermal conductivity follows a ∼1/T relationship characteristic of Umklapp phonon scattering, indicating phonon-dominated heat transport in the β-Ga2O3 crystal. The measured experimental thermal conductivity is supported by first-principles calculations, which suggest that the anisotropy in thermal conductivity is due to the differences of the speed of sound along different crystal directions.


EPL | 2013

Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations

Tengfei Luo; Jivtesh Garg; Junichiro Shiomi; Keivan Esfarjani; Gang Chen

In this paper, thermal conductivity of crystalline GaAs is calculated using first-principles lattice dynamics. The harmonic and cubic force constants are obtained by fitting them to the force-displacement data from density functional theory calculations. Phonon dispersion is calculated from a dynamical matrix constructed using the harmonic force constants and phonon relaxation times are calculated using Fermis Golden rule. The calculated GaAs thermal conductivity agrees well with experimental data. Thermal conductivity accumulations as a function of the phonon mean free path and as a function of the wavelength are obtained. Our results predict a significant size effect on the GaAs thermal conductivity in the nanoscale. Relaxation times of optical phonons and their contributions from different scattering channels are also studied. Such information will help the understanding of hot phonon effects in GaAs-based devices.


Scientific Reports | 2016

A Revisit to High Thermoelectric Performance of Single-layer MoS2

Zelin Jin; Quanwen Liao; Haisheng Fang; Zhichun Liu; Wei Liu; Zhidong Ding; Tengfei Luo; Nuo Yang

Both electron and phonon transport properties of single layer MoS2 (SLMoS2) are studied. Based on first-principles calculations, the electrical conductivity of SLMoS2 is calculated by Boltzmann equations. The thermal conductivity of SLMoS2 is calculated to be as high as 116.8 Wm−1K−1 by equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The predicted value of ZT is as high as 0.11 at 500 K. As the thermal conductivity could be reduced largely by phonon engineering, there should be a high possibility to enhance ZT in the SLMoS2-based materials.


Journal of Applied Physics | 2011

Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal energy transport in polydimethylsiloxane

Tengfei Luo; Keivan Esfarjani; Junichiro Shiomi; Asegun Henry; Gang Chen

Heat transfer across thermal interface materials is a critical issue for microelectronics thermal management. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), one of the most important components of thermal interface materials presents a large barrier for heat flow due to its low thermal conductivity. In this paper, we use molecular dynamics simulations to identify the upper limit of the PDMS thermal conductivity by studying thermal transport in single PDMS chains with different lengths. We found that even individual molecular chains had low thermal conductivities (κ ∼ 7 W/mK), which is attributed to the chain segment disordering. Studies on double chain and crystalline structures reveal that the structure influences thermal transport due to inter-chain phonon scatterings and suppression of acoustic phonon modes. We also simulated amorphous bulk PDMS to identify the lower bound of PDMS thermal conductivity and found the low thermal conductivity (κ ∼ 0.2 W/mK) is mainly due to the inefficient transport mechanism through exten...


ACS Nano | 2017

Functionalized Graphene Enables Highly Efficient Solar Thermal Steam Generation

Junlong Yang; Yunsong Pang; Weixin Huang; Scott K. Shaw; Jarrod Schiffbauer; Michelle A. Pillers; Xin Mu; Shirui Luo; Teng Zhang; Yajiang Huang; Guangxian Li; Sylwia Ptasinska; Marya Lieberman; Tengfei Luo

The ability to efficiently utilize solar thermal energy to enable liquid-to-vapor phase transition has great technological implications for a wide variety of applications, such as water treatment and chemical fractionation. Here, we demonstrate that functionalizing graphene using hydrophilic groups can greatly enhance the solar thermal steam generation efficiency. Our results show that specially functionalized graphene can improve the overall solar-to-vapor efficiency from 38% to 48% at one sun conditions compared to chemically reduced graphene oxide. Our experiments show that such an improvement is a surface effect mainly attributed to the more hydrophilic feature of functionalized graphene, which influences the water meniscus profile at the vapor-liquid interface due to capillary effect. This will lead to thinner water films close to the three-phase contact line, where the water surface temperature is higher since the resistance of thinner water film is smaller, leading to more efficient evaporation. This strategy of functionalizing graphene to make it more hydrophilic can be potentially integrated with the existing macroscopic heat isolation strategies to further improve the overall solar-to-vapor conversion efficiency.


ACS Nano | 2013

High-Contrast, Reversible Thermal Conductivity Regulation Utilizing the Phase Transition of Polyethylene Nanofibers

Teng Zhang; Tengfei Luo

Reversible thermal conductivity regulation at the nanoscale is of great interest to a wide range of applications such as thermal management, phononics, sensors, and energy devices. Through a series of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate a thermal conductivity regulation utilizing the phase transition of polyethylene nanofibers, enabling a thermal conductivity tuning factor of as high as 12, exceeding all previously reported values. The thermal conductivity change roots from the segmental rotations along the polymer chains, which introduce along-chain morphology disorder that significantly interrupts phonon transport along the molecular chains. This phase transition, which can be regulated by temperature, strain, or their combinations, is found to be fully reversible in the polyethylene nanofibers and can happen at a narrow temperature window. The phase change temperature can be further tuned by engineering the diameters of the nanofibers, making such a thermal conductivity regulation scheme adaptable to different application needs. The findings can stimulate significant research interest in nanoscale heat transfer control.


Advanced Materials | 2014

Molecular Bridge Enables Anomalous Enhancement in Thermal Transport across Hard‐Soft Material Interfaces

Fangyuan Sun; Teng Zhang; Matthew M. Jobbins; Zhi Guo; Xueqiang Zhang; Zhongli Zheng; Dawei Tang; Sylwia Ptasinska; Tengfei Luo

Conventional wisdom tells us that interfacial thermal transport is more efficient when the interface adhesion energy is enhanced. In this study, it is demonstrated that molecular bridges consisting of small molecules chemically absorbed on solid surfaces can enhance the thermal transport across hard-soft material interfaces by as much as 7-fold despite a significant decrease in the interface adhesion energy. This work provides an unconventional strategy to improve thermal transport across material interfaces.

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Teng Zhang

University of Notre Dame

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Xufei Wu

University of Notre Dame

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Eungkyu Lee

University of Notre Dame

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Zhi Guo

University of Notre Dame

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Gang Chen

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Xin Mu

University of Notre Dame

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John R. Lloyd

Michigan State University

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David B. Go

University of Notre Dame

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Shirui Luo

University of Notre Dame

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