Remarkable enhancement in the Kapitza resistance and electron potential barrier of chemically modified In2O3(ZnO)9 natural superlattice interfaces

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Publication Date 2015-10-08
DOI 10.1039/C5CP05076F
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Superlattice interfaces can efficiently scatter phonons and filter low-energy electrons, thereby reducing the thermal conductivity to the “alloy limit” of crystalline solids and increasing the Seebeck coefficient substantially. In this paper, we report a two-fold reduction in the thermal conductivity and an improvement of about 170% in the Seebeck coefficient of an existing In2O3(ZnO)9 superlattice by chemically modifying the interface with small additions of aluminum. Using a classical model for the interface transport, we attribute such significant changes to the increase in both the Kapitza (thermal) resistance and the electron potential barrier height of the InO2− superlattice interfaces that are modified by Al3+. The present work opens a new avenue of research showing that the superlattice interfaces can be chemically tuned for specific properties, which can be investigated in both experimental and computational ways, and also suggests a new route for material design for applications in areas like thermoelectrics.

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