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Improving bulk thermoelectric materials using heat conduction calculations based on first principles

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23760178
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Thermal engineering
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

SHIOMI Junichiro  東京大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40451786)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords熱電変換 / 熱伝導 / フォノン / 第一原理 / 格子動力学 / 分子動力学 / 第一原理計算
Research Abstract

We developed a multiscale phonon transport calculation tool by seamlessly combining density functional theory, lattice dynamics, molecular dynamics, and Monte-Carlo methods to analyze phonon-mode dependent thermal transport in single crystal, substitutional alloy, and nanostructured bulk thermoelectric materials. We have targeted half-Heusler compounds, lead chalcogenides, and magnesium silicide as the base materials. After validating the calculation in comparison with experiments, extended calculations were performed for alloyed crystals to clarify the dependence of the thermal conductivity reduction on the composition ratio. Furthermore, through calculations of cumulative thermal conductivity and thermal conductivity spectra, we have identified the appropriate class of nanostructure for each base materials.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (43 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (21 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 20 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Invited: 13 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Origin of anomalous anharmonic lattice dynamics of lead telluride2014

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Shiga, Takuru Murakami, Takuma Hori, Olivier Delaire, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 7

    • NAID

      210000137049

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal conductivity of bulk nanostructured lead telluride2014

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Hori, Gang Chen, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letters

      Volume: 104 Issue: 2 Pages: 021915-021915

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.4862323

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of mass difference in isotope phonon scattering2014

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Shiga, Takuma, Hori, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 53

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Influence of mass contrast in alloy phonon scattering2014

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Shiga, Takuma Hori, and Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 53 Issue: 2 Pages: 021802-021802

    • DOI

      10.7567/jjap.53.021802

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Origin of anomalous anharmonic lattice dynamics of lead telluride2014

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Shiga, Takuru Murakami, Takuma Hori, Olivier Delaire, and Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Pages: 041801-041801

    • DOI

      10.7567/apex.7.041801

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal resistance and phonon scattering at the interface between carbon nanotube and amorphous polyethylene2013

    • Author(s)
      Sho Hida, Takuma Hori, Takuma Shiga, James Elliott, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

      Volume: 67 Pages: 1024-1029

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Importance of local force fields on lattice thermal conductivity reduction in PbTel-xSex alloys2013

    • Author(s)
      Takuru Murakami, Takuma Shiga, Takuma Hori, Keivan Esfariani, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Europhysics Letters

      Volume: 102 Issue: 4 Pages: 46002-46002

    • DOI

      10.1209/0295-5075/102/46002

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Phonon transport analysis of silicon germanium alloys using molecular dynamics simulations2013

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Hori, Takuma Shiga, and Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 113 Issue: 20

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.4807301

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations2013

    • Author(s)
      Tengfei Luo, Jivtesh Garg, Junichiro Shiomi, Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen
    • Journal Title

      Europhysics Letters

      Volume: 101 Issue: 1 Pages: 16001-16001

    • DOI

      10.1209/0295-5075/101/16001

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Stronger phonon scattering by larger differences in atomic mass and size in p-type half-Heuslers Hf1-xTixCoSb0.8Sn0.22012

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Yan, Weishu Liu, Hui Wang, Shuo Chen, Junichiro Shiomi, Keivan Esfarjani, Hengzhi Wang, Dezhi Wang, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren
    • Journal Title

      Energy & Environmental Science COMMUNICATIONS

      Volume: 5 Issue: 6 Pages: 7543-7548

    • DOI

      10.1039/c2ee21554c

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Electronic, Magnetic and Thermal Properties of Graphene-Diamond Hybrid Structure2012

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Shiga, Satoru Konabe, Junichiro Shiomi, Takahiro Yamamoto, Shigeo Maruyama, Susumu Okada
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letter

      Volume: 100 Issue: 23 Pages: 233101-233101

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.4725485

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Phonon Conduction in Lead Selenide and Lead Telluride from First Principles Calculations2012

    • Author(s)
      Zhiting Tian, Jivtesh Garg, Keivan Esfarjani, Takuma Shiga, Junichiro Shiomi, Gang Chen
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 85 Issue: 18 Pages: 184303-184303

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.85.184303

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Microscopic mechanism of low thermal conductivity in lead-telluride2012

    • Author(s)
      Takuma Shiga, Junichiro Shiomi, Jie Ma, Olivier Delaire, Tomasz Radzynski, Andrzej Lusakowski, Keivan Esfarjanim, Gang Chen
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 85 Issue: 15 Pages: 155203-155203

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.85.155203

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] カーボンナノチューブ/ポリマー複合材の熱伝導における界面熱抵抗2012

    • Author(s)
      飛田翔,志賀拓麿,丸山茂夫, James A. Elliott,塩見淳一郎
    • Journal Title

      日本機械学会論文集(B編)

      Volume: 78 Pages: 634-643

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 分子動力学法によるシリコン結晶のモード依存フォノン輸送解析2012

    • Author(s)
      堀琢磨,志賀拓麿,丸山茂夫,塩見淳一郎
    • Journal Title

      日本機械学会論文集(B編)

      Volume: 78 Pages: 328-337

    • NAID

      130002050660

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of bending buckling of carbon nanotubes on thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube materials2012

    • Author(s)
      Alexey N. Volkov, Takuma Shiga, David Nicholson, Junichiro Shiomi, Leonid V. Zhigilei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 111

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal conductance of buckled carbon nanotubes2012

    • Author(s)
      Fumio Nishimura, Takuma Shiga, Shigeo Maruyama, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 51 Issue: 1R Pages: 015102-015102

    • DOI

      10.1143/jjap.51.015102

    • NAID

      40019137929

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 分子動力学法によるシリコン結晶のモード依存フォノン輸送解析2012

    • Author(s)
      堀 琢磨,志賀 拓麿,丸山 茂夫,塩見 淳一郎
    • Journal Title

      日本機械学会論文集(B 編)

      Volume: 78 Pages: 328-337

    • NAID

      130002050660

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 飛田翔, 志賀拓麿, 丸山茂夫, James A. Elliott, 塩見淳一郎2012

    • Author(s)
      カーボンナノチューブ/ポリマー複合材の熱伝導における界面熱抵抗と
    • Journal Title

      日本機械学会論文集(B 編)

      Volume: 78 Pages: 634-643

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal conductivity of half-Heusler compounds from first-principles calculations2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi, Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 84 Issue: 10

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.84.104302

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reduction of phonon lifetimes and thermal conductivity of a carbon nanotube on amorphous silica2011

    • Author(s)
      Zhun-Yong Ong, Eric Pop, Junichiro Shiomi
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 84 Issue: 16

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.84.165418

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Phonon transport in nanostructured thermoelectric materials2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      IUMRS International Conference in Asia
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangalore, India
    • Year and Date
      2013-12-16
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multiscale phonon transport analysis of alloyed and nanostructured thermoelectric materials2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
    • Place of Presentation
      San Diego, USA
    • Year and Date
      2013-11-17
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multiscale analysis of phonon transport in nanostructured thermoelectric materials2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      The 32rd International Conference on Thermoelectrics
    • Place of Presentation
      Kobe, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2013-07-03
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multiscale analysis of phonon transport in thermoelectric materiarls2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2013-04-04
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multiscale analysis of phonon transport in thermoelectric materials2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi,
    • Organizer
      2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multiscale analysis of phonon transport in nanostructured thermoelectric materials2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi,
    • Organizer
      The 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics
    • Place of Presentation
      Kobe, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Phonon transport in nanostructured thermoelectric materials2013

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      IUMRS International Conference in Asia, ,
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangalore, India
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Numerical analysis of mode-dependent phonon transport - Towards accuracy and complexity2012

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      ISSP-CMSI international workshop/symposium on Material Simulation in Petaflops era (MASP2012)
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2012-07-06
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Thermal transport in carbon nanotubes in practical situations, Material Research Society2012

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials
    • Place of Presentation
      Singapore, Singapore
    • Year and Date
      2012-07-02
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Microscopic heat conduction simulations for designing thermoelectrics2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Micro/Nano-Engineering
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2011-12-18
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Numerical analysis of mode-dependent phonon transport Towards accuracy and complexity2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      7th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena - Science and Engineering
    • Place of Presentation
      Shima, Japan.
    • Year and Date
      2011-12-12
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Lattice thermal conductivity of half-Heusler compounds from first principle calculations2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi, Keivan Esfarjani, Xiao Yan, Zhifeng Ren, Gang Chen
    • Organizer
      International Thermoelectric Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Traverse City, USA
    • Year and Date
      2011-07-02
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Thermal conductivity of half-Heusler compounds from first principle calculations, Material Research Society2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi, Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen
    • Organizer
      (MRS) Spring Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2011-04-29
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Thermal conductivity of half-Heusler compounds from first principle calculations2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi, Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen
    • Organizer
      Material Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical analysis of mode-dependent phonon transport - Towards accuracy and complexity -2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      7th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena - Science and Engineering(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      Shima, Japan
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Microscopic heat conduction simulations for designing thermoelectrics2011

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Micro/Nano-Engineering(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical analysis of mode-dependent phonon transport - Towards accuracy and complexity -

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      ISSP-CMSI international workshop/symposium on MAterial Simulation in Petaflops era (MASP2012)
    • Place of Presentation
      The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Thermal transport in carbon nanotubes in practical situations

    • Author(s)
      Junichiro Shiomi
    • Organizer
      Material Research Society, International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials
    • Place of Presentation
      Singapore, Singapore
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 「熱電変換材料の設計:第一原理に基づく格子熱伝導解析」,環境発電ハンドブック2012

    • Author(s)
      塩見淳一郎
    • Total Pages
      8
    • Publisher
      エヌ・ティー・エス
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 「熱電変換材料の設計:第一原理に基づく格子熱伝導解析」,環境発電ハンドブック2012

    • Author(s)
      塩見淳一郎
    • Total Pages
      8
    • Publisher
      エヌ・ティー・エス
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.phonon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks] http://www.phonon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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