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八面体倾斜诱导的声学软化在限制SrSnO3热传输中的作用

Role of octahedral tilting induced acoustic softening on limiting thermal transport in SrSnO3

Xi’an Jiaotong University(西安交通大学);AiMaterials Research LLC(AiMaterials研究有限责任公司)

Yuzhou Hao, Turab Lookman, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, Zhibin Gao

AI总结:

研究发现SrSnO3中八面体倾斜诱导声学软化显著抑制热传输,与SrTiO3中增强热导率的现象形成鲜明对比。

摘要:

八面体倾斜是钙钛矿中的基本结构畸变,调控着诸如晶格稳定化、软声子动力学、群论分析、相变、铁电性和可调电子带隙等关键现象。然而,其对晶格热导率(kL)的影响仍不明确。在典型的钙钛矿SrTiO3中,低温度四方相中的倾斜已知通过抑制约200 cm-1附近的特定声子散射通道来增强kL。在此,我们研究了另一种经历温度驱动相变的钙钛矿氧化物——SrSnO3的热传输,并揭示出完全相反的效果。通过对其正交、四方和立方相的系统研究,我们证明了SrSnO3四方相中的八面体倾斜异常地触发了声学声子软化。这种软化表现为低频(<3 THz)声学模式中频率和群速度的降低,从而在c轴方向造成显著的热传输减少。因此,kL显著被抑制,当倾斜角仅增加1度时,kL从7.48 W m-1 K-1降至6.06 W m-1 K-1。这些发现将倾斜诱导的声学软化识别为限制和控制SrSnO3各向异性热传输的关键机制,与SrTiO3中已知行为形成鲜明对比。

英文摘要:

Octahedral tilting is a fundamental structural distortion in perovskites, governing key phenomena such as lattice stabilizing, soft phonon dynamics, group-theoretical analysis, phase transitions, ferroelectricity, and even for tunable electronic band gap. However, its influence on lattice thermal conductivity (kL) remains poorly understood. In the archetypal perovskite SrTiO3, tilting in the low-temperature tetragonal phase is known to enhance kL by suppressing specific phonon scattering channels around 200 cm-1. Here, we investigate the thermal transport in strontium stannate (SrSnO3), another perovskite oxide that undergoes temperature-driven phase transitions, and reveal a completely opposite effect. Through a systematic study across its orthorhombic, tetragonal, and cubic phases, we demonstrate that octahedral tilting in the tetragonal phase of SrSnO3 anomalously triggers acoustic phonon softening. This softening manifests as reduced frequencies and group velocities in low-frequency (<3 THz) acoustic modes, creating a large decrease for heat transport, particularly along the c-axis. Consequently, kL is significantly suppressed, decreasing from 7.48 W m-1 K-1 to 6.06 W m-1 K-1 as the tilting angle increases by a mere 1 degree. These findings identify tilting-induced acoustic softening as a pivotal mechanism for limiting and controlling anisotropic thermal transport in SrSnO3, presenting a stark contrast to the established behavior in SrTiO3.

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