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    Reduction of thermal conductivity in phononic nanomesh structures

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    Yu, Jen-Kan
    Mitrovic, Slobodan
    Tham, Douglas
    Varghese, Joseph
    Heath, James R.
    Date
    2010-07-25
    Online Publication Date
    2010-07-25
    Print Publication Date
    2010-10
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/599479
    
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    Controlling the thermal conductivity of a material independently of its electrical conductivity continues to be a goal for researchers working on thermoelectric materials for use in energy applications1,2 and in the cooling of integrated circuits3. In principle, the thermal conductivity κ and the electrical conductivity σ may be independently optimized in semiconducting nanostructures because different length scales are associated with phonons (which carry heat) and electric charges (which carry current). Phonons are scattered at surfaces and interfaces, so κ generally decreases as the surface-to-volume ratio increases. In contrast, σ is less sensitive to a decrease in nanostructure size, although at sufficiently small sizes it will degrade through the scattering of charge carriers at interfaces. Here, we demonstrate an approach to independently controlling κ based on altering the phonon band structure of a semiconductor thin film through the formation of a phononic nanomesh film. These films are patterned with periodic spacings that are comparable to, or shorter than, the phonon mean free path. The nanomesh structure exhibits a substantially lower thermal conductivity than an equivalently prepared array of silicon nanowires, even though this array has a significantly higher surface-to-volume ratio. Bulk-like electrical conductivity is preserved. We suggest that this development is a step towards a coherent mechanism for lowering thermal conductivity. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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    Yu J-K, Mitrovic S, Tham D, Varghese J, Heath JR (2010) Reduction of thermal conductivity in phononic nanomesh structures. Nature Nanotechnology 5: 718–721. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.149.
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    This work was funded by the Department of Energy (Basic Energy Sciences). The authors acknowledge the Intel Foundation for a graduate fellowship (J.-K.Y.), KAUST for a Scholar Award (D.T.), and the National Science Foundation for a graduate fellowship (J.V.). The authors also thank J. Tahir-Kheli for helpful discussions and A. Boukai for early assistance with device fabrication. J.-K.Y. thanks H. Do (UCLA Nanoelectronics Research Facility) for helpful suggestions regarding device fabrication.
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    Springer Nature
    Journal
    Nature Nanotechnology
    DOI
    10.1038/nnano.2010.149
    PubMed ID
    20657598
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1038/nnano.2010.149
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