Assessment on Thermal Transport Properties of Group-III Nitrides: A Classical Molecular Dynamics Study with Transferable Tersoff Type Inter-atomic Potentials
arXiv:2001.11917 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.034027
Abstract
In this study, by means of classical molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated the thermal transport properties of hexagonal single-layer, zinc-blend and wurtzite phases of BN, AlN, and GaN crystals, which are very promising for the application and design of high-quality electronic devices. With this in mind, we generated fully transferable Tersoff-type empirical inter-atomic potential parameter sets by utilizing an optimization procedure based on particle swarm optimization. The predicted thermal properties as well as the structural, mechanical and vibrational properties of all materials are in very good agreement with existing experimental and first-principles data. The impact of isotopes on thermal transport is also investigated and between 10 and 50\% reduction in phonon thermal transport with random isotope distribution is observed in BN and GaN crystals. Our investigation distinctly shows that the generated parameter sets are fully transferable and very useful in exploring the thermal properties of systems containing these nitrides.
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