Advances in ionic thermoelectrics: from materials to devices

S Sun, M Li, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an extended member of the thermoelectric family, ionic thermoelectrics (i‐TEs) exhibit
exceptional Seebeck coefficients and applicable power factors, and as a result have …

A review of experimental and computational advances in thermal boundary conductance and nanoscale thermal transport across solid interfaces

A Giri, PE Hopkins - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial thermal resistance is the primary impediment to heat flow in materials and devices
as characteristic lengths become comparable to the mean‐free paths of the energy carriers …

High thermal conductivity in wafer-scale cubic silicon carbide crystals

Z Cheng, J Liang, K Kawamura, H Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High thermal conductivity electronic materials are critical components for high-performance
electronic and photonic devices as both active functional materials and thermal …

Ultrafast and nanoscale energy transduction mechanisms and coupled thermal transport across interfaces

A Giri, SG Walton, J Tomko, N Bhatt, MJ Johnson… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The coupled interactions among the fundamental carriers of charge, heat, and
electromagnetic fields at interfaces and boundaries give rise to energetic processes that …

Interfacial thermal conductance across room-temperature-bonded GaN/diamond interfaces for GaN-on-diamond devices

Z Cheng, F Mu, L Yates, T Suga… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The wide bandgap, high-breakdown electric field, and high carrier mobility makes GaN an
ideal material for high-power and high-frequency electronics applications, such as wireless …

Phonon thermal transport and its tunability in GaN for near-junction thermal management of electronics: A review

DS Tang, BY Cao - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
The heat dissipation issue has now become one of the most important bottlenecks for power
electronics due to the rapid increase in power density and working frequency. Towards the …

Thermal Transport across Ion-Cut Monocrystalline β-Ga2O3 Thin Films and Bonded β-Ga2O3–SiC Interfaces

Z Cheng, F Mu, T You, W Xu, J Shi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ultrawide band gap, high breakdown electric field, and large-area affordable substrates
make β-Ga2O3 promising for applications of next-generation power electronics, while its …

Experimental observation of localized interfacial phonon modes

Z Cheng, R Li, X Yan, G Jernigan, J Shi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Interfaces impede heat flow in micro/nanostructured systems. Conventional theories for
interfacial thermal transport were derived based on bulk phonon properties of the materials …

A critical review of thermal boundary conductance across wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductor interfaces

T Feng, H Zhou, Z Cheng, LS Larkin… - ACS applied materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors has revolutionized the
advancement of next-generation power, radio frequency, and opto-electronics, paving the …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of polycrystalline Ga2O3 on diamond for thermal management

Z Cheng, VD Wheeler, T Bai, J Shi, MJ Tadjer… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Gallium oxide (Ga 2 O 3) has attracted great attention for electronic device applications due
to its ultra-wide bandgap, high breakdown electric field, and large-area affordable substrates …