Phonon heat transport in silicon nanowires

  • X. Lü*
  • , J. H. Chu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Thermal conductivity of silicon and porous silicon nanowires based on the equation of phonon radiative transport is theoretically evaluated. The thermal conductivities of silicon nanowires with square cross-sections are found to match molecular dynamics simulation results reasonably well. It is shown that the results of meso-porous silicon nanowires are about two orders of magnitude lower than that of silicon nanowires in a wide range of temperature (50 K-300 K).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)375-378
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Physical Journal B
Volume26
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 63.20.Kr Phonon-electron and phonon-phonon interactions
  • 63.22.+m Phonons or vibrational states in low-dimensional structures and nanoscale materials
  • 65.40.-b Thermal properties of crystalline solids

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