中国物理B ›› 2022, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (11): 116301-116301.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac7863

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Lattice thermal conduction in cadmium arsenide

R F Chinnappagoudra1,2, M D Kamatagi1,†, N R Patil3, and N S Sankeshwar4   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, S. S. Government First Grade College, Nargund-582 207, Karnataka, India;
    2 Research Resource Centre, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi-590 018, Karnataka, India;
    3 Department of Physics, B V B College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, Karnataka 580031, India;
    4 Department of Physics&Electronics, CHRIST(Deemed to be University), Bangalore-560 029, Karnataka, India
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-01 修回日期:2022-06-08 接受日期:2022-06-14 出版日期:2022-10-17 发布日期:2022-10-17
  • 通讯作者: M D Kamatagi E-mail:indmallesh@gmail.com
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by University Grants Commission (UGC), India.

Lattice thermal conduction in cadmium arsenide

R F Chinnappagoudra1,2, M D Kamatagi1,†, N R Patil3, and N S Sankeshwar4   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, S. S. Government First Grade College, Nargund-582 207, Karnataka, India;
    2 Research Resource Centre, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi-590 018, Karnataka, India;
    3 Department of Physics, B V B College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, Karnataka 580031, India;
    4 Department of Physics&Electronics, CHRIST(Deemed to be University), Bangalore-560 029, Karnataka, India
  • Received:2022-04-01 Revised:2022-06-08 Accepted:2022-06-14 Online:2022-10-17 Published:2022-10-17
  • Contact: M D Kamatagi E-mail:indmallesh@gmail.com
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by University Grants Commission (UGC), India.

摘要: Lattice thermal conductivity (LTC) of cadmium arsenide (Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$) is studied over a wide temperature range (1-400 K) by employing the Callaway model. The acoustic phonons are considered to be the major carriers of heat and to be scattered by the sample boundaries, disorder, impurities, and other phonons via both Umklapp and normal phonon processes. Numerical calculations of LTC of Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ bring out the relative importance of the scattering mechanisms. Our systematic analysis of recent experimental data on thermal conductivity (TC) of Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ samples of different groups, presented in terms of LTC, $\kappa_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm L}}$, using a nonlinear regression method, reveals good fits to the TC data of the samples considered for $T< \sim 50 $ K, and suggests a value of 0.2 for the Gruneisen parameter. It is, however, found that for $T> 100 $ K the inclusion of the electronic component of TC, $\kappa_{\rm e}$, incorporating contributions from relevant electron scattering mechanisms, is needed to obtain good agreement with the TC data over the wide temperature range. More detailed investigations of TC of Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ are required to better understand its suitability in thermoelectric and thermal management devices.

关键词: dirac semimetals, Cd3As2, thermal conductivity, phonon scattering

Abstract: Lattice thermal conductivity (LTC) of cadmium arsenide (Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$) is studied over a wide temperature range (1-400 K) by employing the Callaway model. The acoustic phonons are considered to be the major carriers of heat and to be scattered by the sample boundaries, disorder, impurities, and other phonons via both Umklapp and normal phonon processes. Numerical calculations of LTC of Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ bring out the relative importance of the scattering mechanisms. Our systematic analysis of recent experimental data on thermal conductivity (TC) of Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ samples of different groups, presented in terms of LTC, $\kappa_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm L}}$, using a nonlinear regression method, reveals good fits to the TC data of the samples considered for $T< \sim 50 $ K, and suggests a value of 0.2 for the Gruneisen parameter. It is, however, found that for $T> 100 $ K the inclusion of the electronic component of TC, $\kappa_{\rm e}$, incorporating contributions from relevant electron scattering mechanisms, is needed to obtain good agreement with the TC data over the wide temperature range. More detailed investigations of TC of Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ are required to better understand its suitability in thermoelectric and thermal management devices.

Key words: dirac semimetals, Cd3As2, thermal conductivity, phonon scattering

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