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从头计算研究绝缘体中的热传输:揭示声子简并和高阶非谐性的作用

Ab initio Investigation of Thermal Transport in Insulators: Unveiling the Roles of Phonon Renormalization and Higher-Order Anharmonicity

Indian Institute of Science(印度科学学院)

Soham Mandal, Manish Jain, Prabal K. Maiti

AI总结:

本文通过从头计算方法研究绝缘体中的热传输现象,揭示了声子简并和高阶非谐性在热传导中的作用,提出了自洽声子简并方法和改进的非谐性处理方法。

摘要:

热传输现象的出现非常普遍,对各种电子和热电能转换设备的功能具有关键影响。传统的绝缘体热力学和热力学特性第一性原理理论依赖于原子间势能的微扰处理和超胞中原子位移的任意处理。然而,这些方法在高度非谐性和弱键材料中的局限性,以及不考虑显式有限温度效应导致的不一致,凸显了需要一种明确的准粒子方法来处理晶格振动的必要性。为了解决这些限制,本文提出了一种全面的数值框架,用于计算晶体半导体和绝缘体的热力学和热力学特性。我们开发的自洽声子简并方法揭示声子作为准粒子,偏离了传统将其作为晶格振动裸正常模式的特征。我们还扩展了简并影响到第三和第四阶的原子间力常数(IFCs),并进行了整合和演示。为了获得全面的物理见解,我们采用了Peierls-Boltzmann输运方程(PBTE)的迭代解来确定热导率并进行Helmholtz自由能计算,包括非谐性效应直到第四阶。在本研究中,我们利用我们的数值框架通过分析声子色散、声子线宽、非谐性声子散射和温度依赖的晶格热导率,在高度非谐性材料(NaCl和AgI)和弱非谐性材料(cBN和3C-SiC)中展示其适用性。

英文摘要:

The occurrence of thermal transport phenomena is widespread, exerting a pivotal influence on the functionality of diverse electronic and thermo-electric energy-conversion devices. The traditional first-principles theory governing the thermal and thermodynamic characteristics of insulators relies on the perturbative treatment of interatomic potential and ad-hoc displacement of atoms within supercells. However, the limitations of these approaches for highly anharmonic and weakly bonded materials, along with discrepancies arising from not considering explicit finite temperature effects, highlight the necessity for a well-defined quasiparticle approach to the lattice vibrations. To address these limitations, we present a comprehensive numerical framework in this study, designed to compute the thermal and thermodynamic characteristics of crystalline semiconductors and insulators. The self-consistent phonon renormalization method we have devised reveals phonons as quasiparticles, diverging from their conventional characterization as bare normal modes of lattice vibration. The extension of the renormalization impact to interatomic force constants (IFCs) of third and fourth orders is also integrated and demonstrated. For the comprehensive physical insights, we employed an iterative solution of the Peierls-Boltzmann transport equation (PBTE) to determine thermal conductivity and carry out Helmholtz free energy calculations, encompassing anharmonicity effects up to the fourth order. In this study, we utilize our numerical framework to showcase its applicability through an examination of phonon dispersion, phonon linewidth, anharmonic phonon scattering, and temperature-dependent lattice thermal conductivity in both highly anharmonic materials (NaCl and AgI) and weakly anharmonic materials (cBN and 3C-SiC).

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