• 文献标题:   Electrical and Thermal Transport in Coplanar Polycrystalline Graphene-hBN Heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BARRIOSVARGAS JE, MORTAZAVI B, CUMMINGS AW, MARTINEZGORDILLO R, PRUNEDA M, COLOMBO L, RABCZUK T, ROCHE S
  • 作者关键词:   polycrystalline graphene, boron nitride, chemical vapor deposition, grain boundary, electrical propertie, thermal propertie, thermoelectric
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   CSIC
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04936
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We present a theoretical study of electronic and thermal transport in polycrystalline heterostructures combining graphene (G) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) grains of varying size and distribution. By increasing the hBN grain density from a few percent to 100%, the system evolves from a good conductor to an insulator, with the mobility dropping by orders of magnitude and the sheet resistance reaching the M Omega regime. The Seebeck coefficient is suppressed above 40% mixing, while the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline hBN is found to be on the order of 30-120 Wm(-1) K-1. These results, agreeing with available experimental data, provide guidelines for tuning G-hBN properties in the context of two-dimensional materials engineering. In particular, while we proved that both electrical and thermal properties are largely affected by morphological features (e.g., by the grain size and composition), we find in all cases that nanometer-sized polycrystalline G-hBN heterostructures are not good thermoelectric materials.