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Main Authors: Zeng, Zezhu, Fan, Zheyong, Simoncelli, Michele, Chen, Chen, Liang, Ting, Chen, Yue, Thornton, Geoff, Cheng, Bingqing
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18510
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author Zeng, Zezhu
Fan, Zheyong
Simoncelli, Michele
Chen, Chen
Liang, Ting
Chen, Yue
Thornton, Geoff
Cheng, Bingqing
author_facet Zeng, Zezhu
Fan, Zheyong
Simoncelli, Michele
Chen, Chen
Liang, Ting
Chen, Yue
Thornton, Geoff
Cheng, Bingqing
contents The glassy thermal conductivities observed in crystalline inorganic perovskites such as Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$ is perplexing and lacking theoretical explanations. Here, we first experimentally measure such its thermal transport behavior from 20~K to 300~K, after synthesizing Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$ single crystals. Using path-integral molecular dynamics simulations driven by machine learning potentials, we reveal that Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$ has large lattice distortions at low temperatures, which may be related to the large atomic size mismatch. Employing the Wigner formulation of thermal transport, we reproduce the experimental thermal conductivities based on lattice-distorted structures. This study thus provides a framework for predicting and understanding glassy thermal transport in materials with strong lattice disorder.
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spellingShingle Lattice distortion leads to glassy thermal transport in crystalline Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$
Zeng, Zezhu
Fan, Zheyong
Simoncelli, Michele
Chen, Chen
Liang, Ting
Chen, Yue
Thornton, Geoff
Cheng, Bingqing
Materials Science
The glassy thermal conductivities observed in crystalline inorganic perovskites such as Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$ is perplexing and lacking theoretical explanations. Here, we first experimentally measure such its thermal transport behavior from 20~K to 300~K, after synthesizing Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$ single crystals. Using path-integral molecular dynamics simulations driven by machine learning potentials, we reveal that Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$ has large lattice distortions at low temperatures, which may be related to the large atomic size mismatch. Employing the Wigner formulation of thermal transport, we reproduce the experimental thermal conductivities based on lattice-distorted structures. This study thus provides a framework for predicting and understanding glassy thermal transport in materials with strong lattice disorder.
title Lattice distortion leads to glassy thermal transport in crystalline Cs$_3$Bi$_2$I$_6$Cl$_3$
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18510