Understanding lattice thermal conductivity in thermoelectric clathrates: A density functional theory study on binary Si-based type-I clathrates

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Euchner ◽  
Stéphane Pailhès ◽  
Valentina M. Giordano ◽  
Marc de Boissieu
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1809-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. González-Romero ◽  
Alex Antonelli ◽  
Anderson S. Chaves ◽  
Juan J. Meléndez

An ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of 0.14 W m−1 K−1 along the b⃑ axis of As2Se3 single crystals was obtained at 300 K by first-principles calculations involving density functional theory and the resolution of the Boltzmann transport equation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (31) ◽  
pp. 20677-20683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aamir Shafique ◽  
Abdus Samad ◽  
Young-Han Shin

Using density functional theory, we systematically investigate the lattice thermal conductivity and carrier mobility of monolayer SnX2(X = S, Se).


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