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Anisotropic Phonon Scattering and Thermal Transport Property Induced by the Liquid-like Behavior of AgCrSe 2 .

Chen WangYue Chen
Published in: Nano letters (2023)
Superionic conductors exhibiting a periodic crystalline lattice and liquid-like ionic conductivity have emerged as promising materials in energy-conversion devices. Herein, we have investigated the interplay among anharmonic lattice dynamics, thermal conduction, and ultrafast atomic diffusion across the superionic transition of AgCrSe 2 . We show that the thermal conductivity (κ) contributions from convection and conduction-convection interactions increase simultaneously due to the gradual fluidization of Ag atoms, leading to a temperature-independent κ in the superionic state. We demonstrate a non-Peierls type thermal transport behavior induced by the strong lattice anharmonicity of Ag atoms, which promotes a nontrivial wave-like phonon tunneling in the normal state of AgCrSe 2 . Our current fluctuation analysis demonstrates an anisotropic phonon-liquid scattering behavior that the in-plane nondispersive transverse acoustic (TA) phonons near the zone boundary collapse, while the zone center and boundary TA phonons in the direction perpendicular to the liquid-like flow of Ag atoms survive.
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