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Insight into vertical piezoelectric characteristics regulated thermal transport in van der Waals two-dimensional materials

Authors: Dong-Hai Wei, E Zhou, Jin-Yuan Xu, Hui-Min Wang, Chen Shen, Hong-Bin Zhang, Zhen-Zhen Qin, Guang-Zhao Qin

Published in: Rare Metals | Issue 2/2024

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The urgent demand of extreme (ultra-high/low) thermal conductivity materials is triggered by the high-power device, where exploring the theories and mechanisms of regulating thermal transport properties plays a key role. Herein, we elaborately investigate the effect of vertical (out-of-plane) piezoelectric characteristics on thermal transport, which is historically undiscovered. The different stacking-order (AA and AB) bilayer boron nitride (Bi-BN) in two-dimensional (2D) materials are selected as study cases. By performing state-of-the-art first-principles calculations, it is found that the polarization charge along the out-of-plane orientation ascends significantly with the increasing piezoelectric response in AB stacked Bi-BN (Bi-BN-AB) followed by the enhanced interlayer B–N atomic interactions. Consequently, the amplitude of phonon anharmonicity in Bi-BN-AB increases larger than that in the AA stacked Bi-BN (Bi-BN-AA), resulting in the dramatic weakening of the thermal conductivity by 20.34% under 18% strain. Our research reveals the significant role of the vertical (out-of-plane) piezoelectric characteristic in regulating thermal transport and provides new insight into accurately exploring the thermal transport performance of 2D van der Waals materials.

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Title: Insight into vertical piezoelectric characteristics regulated thermal transport in van der Waals two-dimensional materials
Authors: Dong-Hai Wei
E Zhou
Jin-Yuan Xu
Hui-Min Wang
Chen Shen
Hong-Bin Zhang
Zhen-Zhen Qin
Guang-Zhao Qin
Publication date: 20-11-2023
Publisher: Nonferrous Metals Society of China
Published in: Rare Metals / Issue 2/2024
Print ISSN: 1001-0521
Electronic ISSN: 1867-7185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02368-z

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