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OpenBTE: a Solver for ab-initio Phonon Transport in Multidimensional Structures
Giuseppe Romano
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Controlling heat flow at the nanoscales is pivotal to several applications, including thermal energy harvesting and heat management. However, engineering nanostructures is challenging because phonon-boundary interaction, not contemplated by Fourier's law, must be taken into account. Nondiffusive models, such as the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE), have been successfully employed to capture size effects in complex structures; however, their widespread has been hindered by the limited offer of open-source solvers in this space. We fill this void by introducing OpenBTE, an efficient solver for the steady-state phonon BTE in multidimensional structures. This tool is interfaced to first-principles calculations, thus it unlocks the calculations of thermal-related properties with no fitting-parameters. As an example, we employ OpenBTE to compute the temperature and flux maps, as well as the mode-resolved, effective thermal conductivity of Si membranes with infinite and finite thickness. By unlocking fast nanoscale heat transport simulations, OpenBTE may help accelerate the design of nanomaterials for thermal energy applications.
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