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SnSe2thermal conductivity from optothermal Raman and Stokes/anti-Stokes thermometry

Nanotechnology. 2024 Dec 3. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad99df. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

The optothermal Raman method is useful in determining the in-plane thermal conductivity of two-dimensional (2D) materials that are either suspended or supported on a substrate. We compare this method with the Stokes/anti-Stokes scattering thermometry method, which can play a role in both calibration of Raman peak positions as well as extraction of the local phonon temperature. This work demonstrates that the Stokes/anti-Stokes intensity ratio plays an important role in determining the in-plane thermal conductivity of 2D tin diselenide (SnSe2) dry-transferred onto a polished copper (Cu) substrate. The statistically-averaged thermal conductivity of the 108±24 nm-thick SnSe2yielded 5.4±3.5 Wm-1K-1for the optothermal Raman method, and 2.40±0.81 Wm-1K-1for the Stokes/anti-Stokes thermometry method, indicating that the Stokes/anti-Stokes thermometry method to calculate the thermal conductivity of a material can simultaneously increase both precision and accuracy. The uncertainty value was also lowered by a factor of 1.9 from the traditional optothermal Raman method to the Stokes/anti-Stokes thermometry method. The low in-plane thermal conductivity of 2D SnSe2, 1.3-2.9 times lower than bulk, is useful for applications in thermal and electrical energy conversion and thermoelectric devices.

PMID:39626316 | DOI:10.1088/1361-6528/ad99df

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