scholarly journals Acoustic phonon lifetimes limit thermal transport in methylammonium lead iodide

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (47) ◽  
pp. 11905-11910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aryeh Gold-Parker ◽  
Peter M. Gehring ◽  
Jonathan M. Skelton ◽  
Ian C. Smith ◽  
Dan Parshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Dynamics ◽  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Optoelectronic Devices ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Lead Iodide ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Methylammonium Lead Iodide

Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have become an important class of semiconductors for solar cells and other optoelectronic applications. Electron–phonon coupling plays a critical role in all optoelectronic devices, and although the lattice dynamics and phonon frequencies of HOIPs have been well studied, little attention has been given to phonon lifetimes. We report high-precision momentum-resolved measurements of acoustic phonon lifetimes in the hybrid perovskite methylammonium lead iodide (MAPI), using inelastic neutron spectroscopy to provide high-energy resolution and fully deuterated single crystals to reduce incoherent scattering from hydrogen. Our measurements reveal extremely short lifetimes on the order of picoseconds, corresponding to nanometer mean free paths and demonstrating that acoustic phonons are unable to dissipate heat efficiently. Lattice-dynamics calculations using ab initio third-order perturbation theory indicate that the short lifetimes stem from strong three-phonon interactions and a high density of low-energy optical phonon modes related to the degrees of freedom of the organic cation. Such short lifetimes have significant implications for electron–phonon coupling in MAPI and other HOIPs, with direct impacts on optoelectronic devices both in the cooling of hot carriers and in the transport and recombination of band edge carriers. These findings illustrate a fundamental difference between HOIPs and conventional photovoltaic semiconductors and demonstrate the importance of understanding lattice dynamics in the effort to develop metal halide perovskite optoelectronic devices.

A First-Principles Study of Electron-Phonon Coupling of OsB2

2014 ◽  
Vol 597 ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
Yue Qin Wang ◽  
Juan Gao ◽  
Shao Ping Yan
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Linear Response ◽  
Lattice Dynamics ◽  
Superhard Material ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Coulomb Pseudopotential

We investigated the lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling (EPC) of superhard material OsB2by first-principles linear response calculations. The calculated EPC parameters for the optical phonon modes at Г indicate that the heavy Os atoms play the most important role in deciding the superconducting behavior, and there are sizeable contributions from lighter B atoms to EPC. Our calculated EPC constant is 0.42, and the estimated superconducting transition temperatureTcis 2.1 K using the Coulomb pseudopotentialμ*=0.125, in excellent agreement with the experimental ones.

scholarly journals Resonance and antiresonance in Raman scattering in GaSe and InSe crystals

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Osiekowicz ◽  
D. Staszczuk ◽  
K. Olkowska-Pucko ◽  
Ł. Kipczak ◽  
M. Grzeszczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Temperature Effect ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Raman Spectra ◽  
Quantum Interference ◽  
Optical Band Gap ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Resonant Raman

AbstractThe temperature effect on the Raman scattering efficiency is investigated in $$\varepsilon$$ ε -GaSe and $$\gamma$$ γ -InSe crystals. We found that varying the temperature over a broad range from 5 to 350 K permits to achieve both the resonant conditions and the antiresonance behaviour in Raman scattering of the studied materials. The resonant conditions of Raman scattering are observed at about 270 K under the 1.96 eV excitation for GaSe due to the energy proximity of the optical band gap. In the case of InSe, the resonant Raman spectra are apparent at about 50 and 270 K under correspondingly the 2.41 eV and 2.54 eV excitations as a result of the energy proximity of the so-called B transition. Interestingly, the observed resonances for both materials are followed by an antiresonance behaviour noticeable at higher temperatures than the detected resonances. The significant variations of phonon-modes intensities can be explained in terms of electron-phonon coupling and quantum interference of contributions from different points of the Brillouin zone.

Temperature dependent electron–phonon coupling of Au resolved via lattice dynamics measured with sub-picosecond infrared pulses

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 (19) ◽  
pp. 193104
Author(s):  
John A. Tomko ◽  
Sushant Kumar ◽  
Ravishankar Sundararaman ◽  
Patrick E. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Dynamics ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling

scholarly journals Ultrafast electron calorimetry uncovers a new long-lived metastable state in 1T-TaSe2 mediated by mode-selective electron-phonon coupling

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. eaav4449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Shi ◽  
Wenjing You ◽  
Yingchao Zhang ◽  
Zhensheng Tao ◽  
Peter M. Oppeneer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Metastable State ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Charge Order ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy ◽  
Quantum Matter ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Equilibrium Phases

Quantum materials represent one of the most promising frontiers in the quest for faster, lightweight, energy-efficient technologies. However, their inherent complexity and rich phase landscape make them challenging to understand or manipulate. Here, we present a new ultrafast electron calorimetry technique that can systematically uncover new phases of quantum matter. Using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we measure the dynamic electron temperature, band structure, and heat capacity. This approach allows us to uncover a new long-lived metastable state in the charge density wave material 1T-TaSe2, which is distinct from all the known equilibrium phases: It is characterized by a substantially reduced effective total heat capacity that is only 30% of the normal value, because of selective electron-phonon coupling to a subset of phonon modes. As a result, less energy is required to melt the charge order and transform the state of the material than under thermal equilibrium conditions.

scholarly journals The effect of strong electron-rattling phonon coupling on some superconducting properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 472-476
Author(s):  
Samin Tajik ◽  
Božidar Mitrović ◽  
Frank Marsiglio
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Coupling Parameter ◽  
Nmr Relaxation ◽  
Superconducting Gap ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Strong Electron ◽  
Particle Decay ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
The One

Using the Eliashberg theory of superconductivity we have examined several properties of a model in which electrons are coupled only to rattling phonon modes represented by a sharp peak in the electron–phonon coupling function. Our choice of parameters was guided by experiments on β-pyrochlore oxide superconductor KOs2Os6. We have calculated the temperature dependence of the superconducting gap edge; the quasi-particle decay rate; the NMR relaxation rate assuming that the coupling between the nuclear spins and the conduction electrons is via a contact hyperfine interaction, which would be appropriate for the O-site in KOs2Os6; and the microwave conductivity. We examined the limit of very strong coupling by considering three values of the electron–phonon coupling parameter λ = 2.38, 3, and 5 and did not assume that the rattler frequency Ω0 is temperature dependent in the superconducting state. We obtained a very unusual temperature dependence of the superconducting gap edge Δ(T), very much like the one extracted from photoemission experiments on KOs2O6.

Influence of Electron-Phonon Coupling Coefficient on Properties in Femtosecond Laser Ablation

2015 ◽  
Vol 814 ◽  
pp. 144-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Xiang ◽  
Xin Yu Tan ◽  
Hui Li Wei
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Electron Temperature ◽  
Coupling Coefficient ◽  
Femtosecond Laser Ablation ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Coupling Time

Thermodynamics effects generated by femtosecond laser ablation are very important. In this work, the numerical simulation of high-energy femtosecond laser ablation especially the electro-phonon coupling coefficient influence of high-energy femtosecond laser ablation on metal target was studied. A new two-temperature model (TTM) which considered the effects of electron density of states (DOS) on electron-phonon coupling coefficient was first established, then the temperature evolvement for electron and lattice in different electro-phonon coupling coefficient G, and the effect of G on electron temperature and lattice temperature and electron-phonon coupling time were emphatically analyzed. The results showed that the electron-phonon coupling coefficient strongly affected the surface electron temperature and coupling time in the femtosecond laser ablation. The smaller the electron-phonon coupling coefficient was, the more the energy transmission from electronic to ion subsystem. As a result, the smaller the value of electron-phonon coupling coefficient, a more rapid decline for the temperature of electronic sub-system achieved. This work will offer help for the future investigation of material fabrication by femtosecond laser ablation.

scholarly journals Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy of PSI Trimers from Arthrospira platensis: A Computational Approach

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Pishchalnikov ◽  
Vladimir Shubin ◽  
Andrei Razjivin
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Fluorescence Spectra ◽  
Arthrospira Platensis ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Spectroscopy Analysis ◽  
Strong Electron ◽  
Zero Phonon Line ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Based on single molecule spectroscopy analysis and our preliminary theoretical studies, the linear and fluorescence spectra of the PSI trimer from Arthrospira platensis with different realizations of the static disorder were modeled at cryogenic temperature. Considering the previously calculated spectral density of chlorophyll, an exciton model for the PSI monomer and trimer including the red antenna states was developed taking into account the supposed similarity of PSI antenna structures from Thermosynechococcus e., Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, and Arthrospira platensis. The red Chls in the PSI monomer were assumed to be in the nearest proximity of the reaction center. The PSI trimer model allowed the simulation of experimentally measured zero phonon line distribution of the red states considering a weak electron-phonon coupling for the antenna exciton states. However, the broad absorption and fluorescence spectra of an individual emitter at 760 nm were calculated by adjusting the Huang-Rhys factors of the chlorophyll lower phonon modes assuming strong electron-phonon coupling.

LATTICE DYNAMICS AND ANYON SUPERCONDUCTORS

1990 ◽  
Vol 04 (18) ◽  
pp. 1143-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.M. GAITONDE ◽  
SUMATHI RAO
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Gauge Field ◽  
Spectral Function ◽  
Carrier Concentration ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Lattice Dynamics ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Dominant Effect ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
New Type

We consider a model of anyons—fermions coupled to a statistical gauge field—also coupled to phonons via the usual electron-phonon coupling. We study the phonon response when the system is in the superconducting anyon ground state and show the existence of peaks in the phonon spectral function whose frequencies shift with carrier concentration. We suggest that when the electron-phonon coupling is the dominant effect, there could arise a new type of BCS ground state with a spontaneously generated P and T violating supercurrent, that expels the statistical magnetic field.

Velocity renormalization in graphene: The role of trigonal warping and electron–phonon coupling effects

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (30) ◽  
pp. 1750235 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Kandemir ◽  
N. Gökçek
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Fermi Velocity ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Strong Anisotropy ◽  
Energy Bands ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Trigonal Warping

We investigate the combined effects of trigonal warping and electron–phonon interactions on the renormalization of the Fermi velocity in graphene. We present an analytical solution to the associated Fröhlich Hamiltonian describing the interaction of doubly degenerate-optical phonon modes of graphene with electrons in the presence of trigonal warp within the framework of Lee–Low–Pines theory. On the basis of our model, it is analytically shown that in addition to its renormalization, Fermi velocity exhibits strong anisotropy due to the trigonal warping. It is also found that in the regime where the trigonal warp starts, distortion of energy bands emerges due to electron–phonon coupling, and the bands exhibit strong anisotropy.

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