Suppression of lattice thermal conductivity by mass-conserving cation mutation in multi-component semiconductors
In semiconductors almost all heat is conducted by phonons (lattice vibrations), which is limited by their quasi-particle lifetimes. Phonon-phonon interactions represent scattering mechanisms that produce thermal resistance. In thermoelectric materials, this resistance due to anharmonicity should be...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2016-10-01
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| Series: | APL Materials |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4955401 |