• 文献标题:   Simulations of thermal conductance across tilt grain boundaries in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG P, GONG B, FENG Q, WANG HT
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, thermal conductivity, grain boundary
  • 出版物名称:   ACTA MECHANICA SINICA
  • ISSN:   0567-7718 EI 1614-3116
  • 通讯作者地址:   Zhejiang Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10409-012-0166-8
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) method was performed to simulate the thermal transportation process in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). A convenient way was conceived to introduce tilt grain boundaries (GBs) into the graphene lattice by repetitive removing C atom rows along certain directions. Comprehensive MD simulations reveal that larger-angle GBs are effective thermal barriers and substantially reduce the average thermal conductivity of GNRs. The GB thermal conductivity is 10W center dot m(-1)center dot K-1 for a bicrystal GNR with amisorientation of 21.8A degrees, which is 97% less than that of a prefect GNR with the same size. The total thermal resistance has a monotonic dependence on the density of the 5-7 defects along the GBs. A theoretical model is proposed to capture this relation and resolve the contributions by both the reduction in the phonon mean free path and the defect-induced thermal resistance.