Nonlocal heat conduction in suspended graphene

Publication date: Available online 2 October 2019Source: Physics Letters AAuthor(s): Mingtian XuAbstractIn order to investigate the mechanism of the extremely high thermal conductivity of the suspended graphene, a nonlocal heat conduction model of heat conduction in two-dimensional materials under a temperature gradient along the length direction is proposed. This model shows that the heat transport of the suspended graphene along the length direction under the nonlocal effect in the width and thickness directions demonstrates a similarity with the viscous Poiseuille flow between two parallel plates. Based on this model, the dimensional crossover of heat conduction in few-layer graphene is demonstrated and the impact of temperature variation on the thermal conductivity of graphene is investigated. The obtained results show a good agreement with the experimental ones. The proposed model indicates that the combination of the Poiseuille phonon transport and boundary conditions on the upper and lower surfaces of the suspended graphene plays a decisive role on the ultra-high heat conductivity of graphene.

Source: Physics Letters A - October 3, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research