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Remarkably Weak Anisotropy in Thermal Conductivity of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Butylammonium Lead Iodide Crystals

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Chen Li
Hao Ma
Tianyang Li
Jinghang Dai
Md. Rasel
Alessandro Mattoni
Ahmet Alatas
Malcolm Thomas
Zachary Rouse
Avi Shragai
Shefford Baker
B. Ramshaw
Joseph Feser
David Mitzi
Zhiting Tian

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites consisting of alternating organic and inorganic layers are a new class of layered structures. They have attracted increasing interest for photovoltaic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric applications, where knowing their thermal transport properties is critical. We carry out both experimental and computational studies on thermal transport properties of 2D butylammonium lead iodide crystals and find their thermal conductivity is ultralow (below 0.3 W m-1 K-1) with very weak anisotropy (around 1.5) among layered crystals. Further analysis reveals that the unique structure with the preferential alignment of organic chains and complicated energy landscape leads to moderately smaller phonon lifetimes in the out-of-plane direction and comparable phonon group velocities in in-plane and out-of-plane directions. These new findings may guide the future design of novel hybrid materials with desired thermal conductivity for various applications. © 2021 American Chemical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Nano Letters

Volume

21

Issue

9

Number of Pages

3708-3714,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85106470005&doi=10.1021%2facs.nanolett.0c04550&partnerID=40&md5=d85b8d1a13094e3e458be49a364da514

DOI

10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04550

Group (Lab)

Brad Ramshaw Group

Funding Source

ACI-1053575
CBET1839384
NNCI-2025233
DE-AC36-08G028308
DE-AC02-06CH11357
DMR-1719875

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