Unexpected low thermal conductivity and large power factor in Dirac semimetal Cd_3As_2

Thermoelectrics has long been considered as a promising way of power generation for the next decades. So far,extensive efforts have been devoted to the search of ideal thermoelectric materials, which require both high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity. Recently, the emerging Dirac semimetal Cd3As2, a three-dimensional analogue of graphene, has been reported to host ultra-high mobility and good electrical conductivity as metals. Here, we report the observation of unexpected low thermal conductivity in Cd3As2, one order of magnitude lower than the conventional metals or semimetals with a similar electrical conductivity, despite the semimetal band structure and high electron mobility. The power factor also reaches a large value of 1.58 m W·m-1·K-2at room temperature and remains non-saturated up to 400 K.Corroborating with the first-principles calculations, we find that the thermoelectric performance can be well-modulated by the carrier concentration in a wide range. This work demonstrates the Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 as a potential candidate of thermoelectric materials.     

终端含NMOS反相器传输线系统中的时空复杂行为分析

应用行波理论,建立了一个终端含N沟道金属氧化物半导体(N-channel metal oxide semiconductor, NMOS)反相器的传输线系统的非线性离散映射模型.对该模型进行仿真发现, 反射系数的变化可能导致系统出现时空分岔和时空混沌等复杂的时空行为, 并且初始分布对系统达到稳态后的时空行为有很大影响,零初始分布对应的时空图样比较规则, 而非零的初值分布则会导致沿线电压出现复杂的时空图样,分析表明这些时空复杂行为的产生 源于系统中传输线的无穷维本质和NMOS反相器的非线性伏安特性.