摘要
Conventional theory predicts that ultrahigh lattice thermal conductivity can only occur in crystals composed of strongly bonded light elements, and that it is limited by anharmonic three-phonon processes. We report experimental evidence that departs from these long-held criteria. We measured a local room-temperature thermal conductivity exceeding 1000 watts per meter-kelvin and an average bulk value reaching 900 watts per meter-kelvin in bulk boron arsenide (BAs) crystals, where boron and arsenic are light and heavy elements, respectively. The high values are consistent with a proposal for phonon-band engineering and can only be explained by higher-order phonon processes. These findings yield insight into the physics of heat conduction in solids and show BAs to be the only known semiconductor with ultrahigh thermal conductivity.
原文 | English |
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頁(從 - 到) | 582-585 |
頁數 | 4 |
期刊 | Science |
卷 | 361 |
發行號 | 6402 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | Published - 2018 8月 10 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- 多學科