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Thermoelectric materials, which can convert wasted heat into electricity, have attracted considerable attention because they provide a solution to energy problems. The Si/Ge superlattices have shown tremendous promise as effective thermoelectric materials. The period lengths of the Si/Ge superlattices can effectively tailor the phonon's transport behaviors and control their thermal conductivities. In this paper, three kinds of Si/Ge superlattices with different period length distributions (uniform, gradient, random) are constructed. The non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) method is used to calculate the thermal conductivities of Si/Ge superlattices under the different period length distributions. The effect of the sample’s total length and temperature on the superlattice's thermal conductivity are studied. The simulation result shows that the thermal conductivity of gradient and random periodical Si/Ge superlattices are significantly reduced at room temperature compared with that of the uniform period Si/Ge superlattices. Phonons are transported by wave or particle properties in the different periodical superlattices. The thermal conductivity of uniform period superlattices has an obvious size effect with the increasing of the sample total length. In contrast, the thermal conductivity of gradient, random periodical Si/Ge superlattices are weakly dependent on the sample’s total length. At the same time, temperature is an important factor affecting the heat transport properties. We find that the temperature affects the thermal conductivities of the three kinds of superlattices in different ways. With the increase of the temperature, (i) the thermal conductivity of uniform periodical superlattices shows an obvious temperature effect; (ii) the thermal conductivity of the gradient and random periodical Si/Ge superlattices are nearly unchanged due to the competition between phonon localization weakness and phonon-phonon scattering enhancement. In addition, the phonon densities of states of superlattices with three different periodical length distributions are calculated. We find that in the picture of uniform periodical Si/Ge superlattices, the number of pronounced peaks quickly decreases as the period length increases, particularly at higher frequencies. This indicates that as the period length increases, fewer coherent phonons will be formed over the superlattices. Moreover, the scattering mechanisms of phonons for gradient and random periodical Si/Ge superlattices are basically the same at 100 K and 500 K. These findings provide a developmental way to further reduce the thermal conductivity of superlattices.
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Keywords:
- superlattice /
- phonon /
- period length distribution /
- thermal conductivity
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图 1 不同周期长度分布的超晶格 (a)均匀周期; (b)梯度周期; (c)随机周期
Figure 1. The different period length distribution of superlattices: (a) Uniform period; (c) gradient period; (c) random period.
图 2 NEMD模拟计算热性质的示意图
Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the NEMD model for calculating the thermal properties.
图 3 热导率与周期长度的关系
Figure 3. Thermal conductivity of superlattice as a function of period length.
图 4 不同平均周期长度的均匀超晶格的声子态密度.
Figure 4. The phonon density of states of uniform superlattices with different average period lengths.
图 5 热导率与样品总长度的关系
Figure 5. Thermal conductivity of superlattice as a function of sample total length.
图 6 超晶格热导率随温度的变化
Figure 6. Thermal conductivity of superlattice as a function of temperature.
图 7 超晶格的声子参与率
Figure 7. The participation ratio of superlattices.
图 8 超晶格不同温度条件下的声子态密度: (a) 梯度周期超晶格; (b) 随机周期超晶格
Figure 8. The phonon density of states with different temperatures of superlattice: (a) Gradient period superlattice; (b) random.
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[1] Martín-González M, Caballero-Calero O, Díaz-Chao P 2013 Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 24 288
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[4] Wang K X, Wang J, Li Y, Zou T, Wang X H, Li J B, Cao Z, Shi W J, Xinba Y E 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 048401
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Guo J Y, Chen S P, Fan W H, Wang Y N, Wu Y C 2020 Acta. Phys. Sin. 69 146801
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Zhang Y, Wu L H, Zengli J K, Liu Y F, Zhang J Y, Xing J J, Luo J 2016 Acta. Phys. Sin 65 107201
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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