• 文献标题:   Reducing Kapitza resistance between graphene/water interface via interfacial superlattice structure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PENG XY, JIANG PF, OUYANG YL, LU S, REN WJ, CHEN J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, kapitza resistance, solid, liquid interface, superlattice, molecular dynamics simulation
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
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  • 被引频次:   14
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6528/ac2f5c
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The control of thermal transport across solid/liquid interface has attracted great interests for efficient thermal management in the integrated devices. Based on molecular dynamics simulations, we study the effect of interfacial superlattice structure on the Kapitza resistance between graphene/water interface. Compared to the original interface, introducing interfacial superlattice structure can result in an obvious reduction of Kapitza resistance by as large as 40%, exhibiting a decreasing trend of Kapitza resistance with the decrease of superlattice period. Surprisingly, by analyzing the structure of water block and atomic vibration characteristics on both sides of the interface, we find the interfacial superlattice structure has a minor effect on the water structure and overlap in the vibrational spectrum, suggesting that the improved interfacial heat transfer is not mainly originated from the liquid block. Instead, the spectral energy density analysis reveals that phonon scattering rate in the interfacial graphene layer is significantly enhanced after superlattice decoration, giving rise to the increased thermal resistance between the interfacial graphene layer and its nearest neighboring layer. As this thermal resistance is coupled to the Kapitza resistance due to the local nature of interfacial superlattice decoration, the enhanced thermal resistance in the solid segment indirectly reduces the Kapitza resistance between graphene/water interface, which is supported by the enhancement of the spectral interfacial thermal conductance upon superlattce decoration at microscopic level. Our study uncovers the physical mechanism for controlling heat transfer across solid/liquid interface via interfacial superlattice structure, which might provide valuable insights for designing efficient thermal interfaces.