First-principles phonon calculations with phonopy and phono3py

A Togo - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2023 - journals.jps.jp
Harmonic, quasi-harmonic, and anharmonic phonon properties of crystals are getting to be
better predicted using first-principles phonon calculations by virtue of the progress of the …

The stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation: calculating vibrational properties of materials with full quantum and anharmonic effects

L Monacelli, R Bianco, M Cherubini… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficient and accurate calculation of how ionic quantum and thermal fluctuations impact
the free energy of a crystal, its atomic structure, and phonon spectrum is one of the main …

Wigner formulation of thermal transport in solids

M Simoncelli, N Marzari, F Mauri - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Two different heat-transport mechanisms are discussed in solids. In crystals, heat carriers
propagate and scatter particlelike as described by Peierls's formulation of the Boltzmann …

Design of sculptured SnS/g-C3N4 photocatalytic nanostructure for highly efficient and selective CO2 conversion to methane

HAE Omr, R Putikam, MK Hussien, A Sabbah… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we demonstrate the SnS/gC 3 N 4 crystallized and nanostructured photocatalysts for
efficient and selective CO 2 conversion to CH 4 by engineered thermal evaporation and the …

First-Principles Study of Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics in Low Thermal Conductivity : Evidence for a Large Resonant Four-Phonon Scattering

L **e, JH Feng, R Li, JQ He - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We report a study of the anharmonic lattice dynamics in low lattice thermal conductivity (κ l)
material AgCrSe 2 by many-body perturbation theory. We demonstrate surprisingly giant …

The origin of the lattice thermal conductivity enhancement at the ferroelectric phase transition in GeTe

Đ Dangić, O Hellman, S Fahy, I Savić - npj Computational Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The proximity to structural phase transitions in IV-VI thermoelectric materials is one of the
main reasons for their large phonon anharmonicity and intrinsically low lattice thermal …

Anharmonicity measure for materials

F Knoop, TAR Purcell, M Scheffler, C Carbogno - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
Theoretical frameworks used to qualitatively and quantitatively describe nuclear dynamics in
solids are often based on the harmonic approximation. However, this approximation is …

Ultralow lattice thermal conductivity enables high thermoelectric performance in BaAg2Te2 alloys

J Tang, C Qin, H Yu, Z Zeng, L Cheng, B Ge… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the intrinsic low lattice thermal conductivity (κ L), AB 2 X 2 Zintl compounds with a P3-
M1 crystal structure have been demonstrated as potential thermoelectric candidates …

Weak Dimensionality Dependence and Dominant Role of Ionic Fluctuations in the Charge-Density-Wave Transition of

R Bianco, L Monacelli, M Calandra, F Mauri, I Errea - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Contradictory experiments have been reported about the dimensionality effect on the charge-
density-wave transition in 2H NbSe 2. While scanning tunneling experiments on single …

Optical phonon dominated heat transport: A first-principles thermal conductivity study of

Z Li, H **e, S Hao, Y **a, X Su, MG Kanatzidis… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Acoustic phonons with long mean free paths have long been believed to control the lattice
thermal conductivity κ L in solids dominantly. In this study, however, we demonstrate an …