Effect of electronic contribution on temperature-dependent thermal transport of antimony telluride thin film

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We study the theoretical and experimental characteristics of thermal transport of 100 nm and 500 nm-thick antimony telluride (Sb2Te3) thin films prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The thermal conductivity was measured at temperatures ranging from 20 to 300 K, using four-point-probe 3-omega method. Out-of-plane thermal conductivity of the Sb2Te3 thin film was much lesser in comparison to the bulk material in the entire temperature range, confirming that the phonon- and electron-boundary scattering are enhanced in thin films. Moreover, we found that the contribution of the electronic thermal conductivity (kappa(e)) in total thermal conductivity (kappa) linearly increased up to similar to 77% at 300 K with increasing temperature. We theoretically analyze and explain the high contribution of electronic component of thermal conductivity towards the total thermal conductivity of the film by a modified Callaway model. Further, we find the theoretical model predictions to correspond well with the experimental results. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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