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Probing the Physical Origin of Anisotropic Thermal Transport in Black Phosphorus Nanoribbons
Author(s) -
Zhao Yunshan,
Zhang Gang,
Nai Mui Hoon,
Ding Guangqian,
Li Dengfeng,
Liu Yi,
Hippalgaonkar Kedar,
Lim Chwee Teck,
Chi Dongzhi,
Li Baowen,
Wu Jing,
Thong John T. L.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201804928
Subject(s) - anisotropy , condensed matter physics , materials science , zigzag , phonon , thermal conductivity , relaxation (psychology) , isotropy , physics , optics , geometry , composite material , psychology , social psychology , mathematics
Black phosphorus (BP) has emerged as a promising candidate for next‐generation electronics and optoelectronics among the 2D family materials due to its extraordinary electrical/optical/optoelectronic properties. Interestingly, BP shows strong anisotropic transport behavior because of its puckered honeycomb structure. Previous studies have demonstrated the thermal transport anisotropy of BP and theoretically attribute this to the anisotropy in both the phonon dispersion relation and the phonon relaxation time. However, the exact origin of such strong anisotropy lacks clarity and has yet to be proven experimentally. Here, the thermal transport anisotropy of BP nanoribbons is probed by an electron beam technique. Direct evidence is provided that the origin of this anisotropy is dominated by the anisotropic phonon group velocity, verified by Young's modulus measurements along different directions. It turns out that the ratio of the thermal conductivity between zigzag (ZZ) and armchair (AC) ribbons is almost same as that of the corresponding Young modulus values. The results from first‐principles calculation are consistent with this experimental observation, where the anisotropic phonon group velocity between ZZ and AC is shown. These results provide fundamental insight into the anisotropic thermal transport in low‐symmetry crystals.