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Phononic thermal transport along graphene grain boundaries
Zhen Tong, Alessandro Pecchia, ChiYung Yam +2
We reveal that phononic thermal transport in graphene is not immune to grain boundaries (GBs) aligned along the direction of the temperature gradient. Non-equilibrium molecular dyn…
Ultralow thermal conductivity in two-dimensional MoO
Zhen Tong, Traian Dumitrică, Thomas Frauenheim
Monolayer molybdenum trioxide (MoO) is an emerging two-dimensional (2D) material with high electrical conductivity. Using first-principles calculations and a Boltzmann transpor…
Atomistic metrics of BaSO as an ultra-efficient radiative cooling material: a first-principles prediction
Zhen Tong, Joseph Peoples, Xiangyu Li +3
Radiative cooling has recently revived due to its significant potential as an environmentally friendly cooling technology. However, the design of particle-matrix cooling nanocompos…
Anomalous thermal transport in metallic transition-metal nitrides originated from strong electron-phonon interactions
Shouhang Li, Ao Wang, Yue Hu +3
Metallic transition-metal nitrides (TMNs) are promising conductive ceramics for many applications, whose thermal transport is of great importance in device design. It is found meta…
Thermal conductivity and Lorenz ratio of metals at intermediate temperature: a first-principles analysis
Shouhang Li, Zhen Tong, Xinyu Zhang +1
Electronic and phononic thermal conductivity are involved in the thermal conduction for metals and Wiedemann-Franz law is usually employed to predict them separately. However, Wied…
The use of strain and grain boundaries to tailor phonon transport properties: A first principles study of 2H-phase (Part II)
Evan Witkoske, Zhen Tong, Yining Feng +3
Transparent oxide materials, such as , a p-type transparent conducting oxide (TCO), have recently been studied for high temperature thermoelectric power generators and c…
A comprehensive first-principles analysis of phonon thermal conductivity and electron-phonon coupling in different metals
Zhen Tong, Shouhang Li, Xiulin Ruan +1
Separating electron and phonon thermal conductivity components is imperative for understanding the principle thermal transport mechanisms in metals and highly desirable in many app…
The lattice and electronic thermal conductivity of doped SnSe: a first-principles study
Shouhang Li, Zhen Tong, Hua Bao
Recently, it has been found that crystalline tin selenide (SnSe) holds great potential as a thermoelectric material due to its ultralow thermal conductivity and moderate electronic…