Phonon conduction in PbSe, PbTe, and PbTe1−xSex from first-principles calculations
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Tian, Zhiting
Garg, Jivtesh
Esfarjani, Keivan
Shiga, Takuma
Shiomi, Junichiro
Chen, Gang
Date Issued
May 2012
Journal
Physical Review B
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American Physical Society
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Tian, Zhiting et al. “Phonon Conduction in PbSe, PbTe, and PbTe_{1−x}Se_{x} from First-principles Calculations.” Physical Review B 85.18 (2012). ©2012 American Physical Society
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Abstract
We apply first-principles calculations to lead selenide (PbSe) and lead telluride (PbTe) and their alloys (PbTe[subscript 1−x]Se[subscript x]), which are potentially good thermoelectric materials, to investigate their phonon transport properties. By accurately reproducing the lattice thermal conductivity, we validate the approaches adopted in this work. We, then, compare and contrast PbSe and PbTe, evaluate the importance of the optical phonons to lattice thermal conductivity, and estimate the impacts of nanostructuring and alloying on further reducing the lattice thermal conductivity. The results indicate that (1) the optical phonons are important not only because they directly comprise over 20% of the lattice thermal conductivity but also because they provide strong scattering channels for acoustic phonons, which is crucial for the low thermal conductivity; (2) nanostructures of less than ~10 nm are needed to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity for pure PbSe and PbTe; and (3) alloying should be a relatively effective way to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.184303
