• 文献标题:   Intrinsic thermal conductivity in monolayer graphene is ultimately upper limited: A direct estimation by atomistic simulations
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BARBARINO G, MELIS C, COLOMBO L
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cagliari
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.91.035416
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In the sample size domain so far explored, the thermal conductivity of graphene shows an intriguing dependence on the sample lengthLz along the heat flux direction. An extrapolated infinite value for such a thermal conductivity is sometimes suggested for infinite samples, while other investigations predict anyway an upper limit for it. We address this issue by avoiding any guess or approximation on the underlying microscopic heat transport mechanisms; we rather perform direct atomistic simulations aimed at estimating thermal conductivity in samples with increasing size up to the unprecedented value of L-z = 0.1 mm. Our results provide evidence that thermal conductivity in graphene is definitely upper limited in samples long enough to allow a diffusive transport regime for both single and collective phonon excitations.