Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Rectification in Various Sequences of Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Aluminum Nitride Superlattice Nanoribbons

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 44 - 50, 29.09.2022

Yenal Karaaslan

https://doi.org/10.46810/tdfd.1094576

Abstract

In this study, the thermal transport properties for various geometries of monolayer h-BN/h-AlN superlattice nanoribbons are investigated using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. In this context, the lattice thermal conductivities of the superlattice nanoribbons are obtained for different period lengths, geometries, sample lengths, and temperatures. Results reveal that a decrease in the thermal conductivities of superlattice nanoribbons when compared with those of the pristine nanoribbons, the lattice thermal conductivities decrease with decreasing sample lengths and increasing temperatures, also the formation of the extremum points resulting from the competition between wave-like and particle-like phonon transport in the thermal conductivity of superlattice nanoribbons with the change of the period lengths. Moreover, superlattice nanoribbons with different geometries are created to connect the h-BN/h-AlN interface, and it is observed that there is a difference between the thermal conductivities calculated in the reverse directions. This difference leads to thermal rectification in the superlattice structures. As the asymmetry between thermal contact areas increases especially at low temperatures, it is found out the thermal rectification ratio increases.

Keywords

Thermal conductivity, Thermal rectification, Monolayer BN/AlN superlattice nanoribbons

Supporting Institution

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Project Number

118C455

Thanks

I would like to give thanks to The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 2218-National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (Project No: 118C455) for the financial support. The numerical calculations reported in this paper were completely performed at TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TRUBA resources).

Tek Katmanlı Hegzagonal Bor Nitrür/Alüminyum Nitrür Süperörgü Nanoşeritlerinin Çeşitli Dizilerinde Termal İletkenlik ve Termal Doğrultma

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, tek katmanlı h-BN/h-AlN süperörgü nanoşeritlerinin çeşitli geometrileri için termal taşınım özellikleri, denge dışı moleküler dinamik simülasyonları kullanılarak araştırılmıştır. Bu bağlamda, farklı periyot uzunlukları, geometriler, örnek uzunlukları ve sıcaklıklar için süperörgü nanoşeritlerin örgü ısıl iletkenlikleri elde edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, bozulmamış nanoşeritler ile karşılaştırıldığında süperörgü nanoşeritlerin termal iletkenliklerinde bir azalma olduğunu, kafes termal iletkenliklerinin azalan örnek uzunlukları ve artan sıcaklıklar ile azaldığını, ayrıca periyot uzunluklarının değişimi ile süperörgü nanoşeritlerinin termal iletkenliklerinde dalga-benzeri ve parçacık-benzeri fonon taşınımı arasındaki rekabetten kaynaklanan ekstremum noktalarının oluşumunu ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca h-BN/h-AlN arayüzünü bağlamak için farklı geometrilere sahip süperörgü nanoşeritler yaratılmıştır ve ters yönlerde hesaplanan termal iletkenlikler arasında fark olduğu gözlemlenmektedir. Bu fark, süperörgü yapılarında termal doğrultmaya sebep olmaktadır. Özellikle düşük sıcaklıklarda termal banyo alanları arasındaki asimetri arttıkça termal doğrultma oranının arttığı tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Termal iletkenlik, Termal doğrultma, Tek katmanlı BN/AlN süperörgü nanoşeritler

Project Number

118C455

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