• 文献标题:   Negligible Electronic Contribution to Heat Transfer across Intrinsic Metal/Graphene Interfaces
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG B, KOH YK
  • 作者关键词:   electron, graphene interface, heat transfer, thermal conductance, timedomain thermoreflectance
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   2196-7350
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Univ Singapore
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1002/admi.201700559
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Despite the importance of high thermal conductance (G) of metal/graphene interfaces to thermal management of graphene devices, prior reported G of graphene interfaces is all relatively low. One possible route to improve G of metal/graphene interfaces is through additional heat conduction by electrons, since graphene can be easily doped by metals. In this study, we evaluate the electronic heat conduction across metal/graphene interfaces by measuring G of palladium (Pd)/transferred graphene (trG)/Pd interfaces, prepared by either thermal evaporation or magnetron sputtering. It is found that, for Pd/trG/Pd samples prepared by thermal evaporation, G = 42 MW m(-2) K-1 and G only weakly depends on temperature, suggesting that heat is predominantly carried by phonons. However, for Pd/trG/Pd samples prepared by sputtering, a significant increment of G is observed. G = 300 MW m(-2) K-1, and is roughly proportional to temperature. We attribute the enhancement of G to an additional channel of heat transport by electrons via atomic-scale pinholes generated in the graphene by ion bombardment during magetron sputtering. Thus, it is concluded that electrons play a negligible role in heat conduction across intrinsic metal/graphene interfaces, and the contribution of electrons is only substantial if graphene is damaged.