Numerical simulation of thermal conductivity of SiNW-SiGe0.3 composite for thermoelectric applications

Ming Yi Lee; Yiming Li; Min Hui Chuang; Daisuke Ohori; Seiji Samukawa

doi:10.1109/TED.2020.2975079

Numerical simulation of thermal conductivity of SiNW-SiGe_0.3 composite for thermoelectric applications

Ming Yi Lee, Yiming Li, Min Hui Chuang, Daisuke Ohori, Seiji Samukawa

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Abstract

The electron band structure and phonon energy dispersion of the silicon nanowires (SiNWs) embedded in SiGe_0.3 (SiNW-SiGe_0.3 composite) are simulated by using the effective mass Schrödinger equation and the elastodynamic wave equation, respectively. Then, the TE properties of the SiNW-SiGe_0.3 composite are investigated by the Landauer approach. The simulation shows the contribution from electrons/holes on both electrical conductance and thermal conductance increases few times by introducing SiNWs, but on the other hand, lattice thermal conductance reduces around two orders. These results are consistent with the experimental measurement and indicates that much lower lattice thermal conductance dominates the TE performance of the SiNW-SiGe_0.3 composite.

Original language	English
Article number	9050665
Pages (from-to)	2088-2092
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume	67
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2020.2975079
Publication status	Published - 2020 May

Keywords

Landauer approach
silicon nanowire (SiNW)
thermal conductivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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