• 文献标题:   A comparative study of the thermoelectric performance of graphene- like BX (X = P, As, Sb) monolayers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU ZZ, LIU HJ, FAN DD, CAO GH
  • 作者关键词:   thermoelectric performance, firstprinciple, boltzmann theory, electronphonon coupling
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wuhan Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-648X/ab27f2
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

The electronic and phonon transport properties of graphene-like boron phosphide (BP), boron arsenide (BAs), and boron antimonide (BSb) monolayers are investigated using first-principles calculations combined with the Boltzmann theory. By considering both the phonon-phonon and electron-phonon scatterings, we demonstrate that the strong bond anharmonicity in the BAs and BSb monolayers can dramatically suppress the phonon relaxation time but hardly affect that of electron. As a consequence, both systems exhibit comparable power factors with that of the BP monolayer but much lower lattice thermal conductivities. Accordingly, a maximum ZT value above 3.0 can be realized in both BAs and BSb monolayers at optimized carrier concentration. Interestingly, very similar p- and n-type thermoelectric performance is observed in the BSb monolayer along the zigzag direction, which is of vital importance in the fabrication of thermoelectric modules with comparable efficiencies.