Influence of mass and charge disorder on the phonon thermal conductivity of entropy stabilized oxides determined by molecular dynamics simulations

Abstract

It is shown using classical molecular dynamics simulations that phonon scattering from disorder in the interatomic forces introduced by charge transfer and not from mass disorder is needed to explain the thermal conductivity reduction experimentally measured that accompanies the addition of a sixth cation to the entropy stabilized oxide J14 [(Mg0.1Co0.1Ni0.1Cu0.1Zn0.1)O0.5]. The simulations were performed on five entropy-stabilized oxides, J14, and J14 plus Sc, Sn, Cr, or Ge in equi-molar cation proportions. Comparing the simulation results to predictions from the Bridgman equation using properties from the simulations suggests that despite phonon scattering from disorder in both atomic forces and mass, the thermal conductivity for these systems is still above an analytical limit for an amorphous structure.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2019
Source ID
10.1063/1.5080419

Entities

People

  • Christina M. Rost
  • Donald W. Brenner
  • G. N. Kotsonis
  • J.-p. Maria
  • Jeffrey L Braun
  • M. Lim
  • P. E. Hopkins
  • Zsolt Rak

Organizations

  • National Science Foundation
  • North Carolina State University
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Virginia

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Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum Chemistry