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  • Title: An efficient mechanism for enhancing the thermoelectricity of nanoribbons by blocking phonon transport in 2D materials.
    Author: Liu YY, Zeng YJ, Jia PZ, Cao XH, Jiang X, Chen KQ.
    Journal: J Phys Condens Matter; 2018 Jul 11; 30(27):275701. PubMed ID: 29799436.
    Abstract:
    Inspired by the novel mechanism of reducing thermal conductivity by local phonon resonance instead of by inducing structural defects, we investigate the effect of side branching on the thermoelectric properties of [Formula: see text] nanoribbons, and prove that side branching is a highly efficient mechanism for enhancing the thermoelectricity of different kinds of nanoribbons. For both armchair and zigzag [Formula: see text] nanoribbons, the side branches result in not only significant blocking of phonon transport but also notable increase of the Seebeck coefficient. Consequently, the thermoelectric figure of merit of the armchair [Formula: see text] nanoribbon is boosted from 0.72 to as high as 1.93, and the originally non-thermoelectric metallic zigzag [Formula: see text] nanoribbon is turned into a thermoelectric material due to the appearance of the band gap induced by the side branches. These results mean that the mechanism of branching is not only very efficient, but also takes effect regardless of the original properties of the nanoribbons, and thus will hold great promise for its application in the thermoelectric field.
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