Straightforward measurement of anisotropic thermal properties of a Bi 2 Se 3 single crystal
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We demonstrate here a simple measurement protocol which allows the thermal properties of anisotropic crystalline materials to be determined. This protocol is validated by the measurement of Bi 2 Se 3 , a layered material consisting of covalently bonded sheets with weak van der Waals bonds between each layer, which has highly anisotropic thermal properties. Thermoreflectance microscopy measurements were carried out on a single-crystal Bi 2 Se 3 sample, firstly on the bare sample and then after capping with a 100 nm thick gold layer. Whereas on the bare sample lateral heat diffusion is dominated by the in-plane thermal diffusivity, on the metal-capped substrate heat diffusion perpendicular to the sample surface dominates. Using a simple theoretical model, we show how this double measurement protocol allows the anisotropic thermal conductivity coefficients of bulk Bi 2 Se 3 to be evaluated.
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Many attempts have been made on direct TDTR measurements of semiconductors without metal transducers.
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The Discussion and Conclusion describe thermoreflectance measurements on bare Bi₂Se₃, supporting the point that a semiconductor was measured without a metal layer. The Introduction identifies this paper’s method as frequency-domain lateral thermoreflectance, not TDTR, and this paper alone does not establish that many direct TDTR attempts have been made. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Fournier, D., Marangolo, M., Eddrief, M., Kolesnikov, N. N., & Fretigny, C.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- Corresponding author
- Marangolo, M
- Venue
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2018-02-22
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 115701
- ISSN
- 0953-8984 (ISSN-L)
- 1361-648X
- OpenAlex
- W2790706561
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal properties of materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
- Keywords
- Bi2Se3, anisotropic thermal conductivity, single crystals, layered materials, gold capping layer, measurement protocol, theoretical model
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