First-principles lattice dynamics method for strongly anharmonic crystals

T Tadano, S Tsuneyuki - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2018 - journals.jps.jp
We review our recent development of a first-principles lattice dynamics method that can treat
anharmonic effects nonperturbatively. The method is based on the self-consistent phonon …

ShengBTE: A solver of the Boltzmann transport equation for phonons

W Li, J Carrete, NA Katcho, N Mingo - Computer Physics Communications, 2014 - Elsevier
ShengBTE is a software package for computing the lattice thermal conductivity of crystalline
bulk materials and nanowires with diffusive boundary conditions. It is based on a full iterative …

Anharmonic force constants extracted from first-principles molecular dynamics: applications to heat transfer simulations

T Tadano, Y Gohda, S Tsuneyuki - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A systematic method to calculate anharmonic force constants of crystals is presented. The
method employs the direct-method approach, where anharmonic force constants are …

Ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of the fully filled skutterudite due to the flat avoided-crossing filler modes

W Li, N Mingo - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We study the lattice thermal conductivity (κ) of fully filled skutterudites YbFe 4 Sb 12 and
BaFe 4 Sb 12 from first principles. The calculated κ of YbFe 4 Sb 12 is ten times lower than …

Thermal conductivity and phonon linewidths of monolayer MoS2 from first principles

W Li, J Carrete, N Mingo - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Using ab initio calculations, we have investigated the phonon linewidths and the thermal
conductivity (κ) of monolayer MoS 2. κ for a typical sample size of 1 μm is 83 W/m K at room …

Thermal conductivity of fully filled skutterudites: Role of the filler

W Li, N Mingo - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Using ab initio calculations we have investigated the lattice thermal conductivity (κ) of CoSb
3 and BaCo 4 Sb 12. The calculated room temperature κ of these compounds are 11.5 and …

Pressure-induced remarkable four-phonon interaction and enhanced thermoelectric conversion efficiency in CuInTe2

J Yue, S Guo, J Li, J Zhao, C Shen, H Zhang, Y Liu… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrostatic pressure (P) has been regarded as an effective approach to improve the
performance of thermoelectric materials. Although a positive correlation between its …

Examining the Callaway model for lattice thermal conductivity

J Ma, W Li, X Luo - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The Callaway model [J. Callaway, Phys. Rev. 113, 1046 (1959) PHRVAO 0031-899X
10.1103/PhysRev. 113.1046], regarded as an improvement over the relaxation time …

Effect of mass disorder on the lattice thermal conductivity of MgO periclase under pressure

DA Dalton, WP Hsieh, GT Hohensee, DG Cahill… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Thermal conductivity of mantle materials controlling the heat balance and thermal evolution
of the Earth remains poorly constrained as the available experimental and theoretical …

First-principles computation of mantle materials in crystalline and amorphous phases

BB Karki - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2015 - Elsevier
First-principles methods based on density functional theory are used extensively in the
investigation of the behavior and properties of mantle materials over broad ranges of …