High spatial resolution thermal conductivity of bulk ZnO (0001)
- 15 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 91 (2) , 890-892
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1426234
Abstract
We measured high spatial/depth resolution 300 K thermal conductivity κ of the Zn and O surfaces of two bulk n-type ZnO (0001) samples, grown by a vapor-phase transport method, using scanning thermal microscopy (SThM). The thermal investigation was performed in both point-by-point (∼2 μm resolution) and area-scan modes. On the first sample κ=1.16±0.08 (Zn face)/1.10±0.09 (O face) W/cm K while for the second material κ=1.02±0.07 (Zn face)/0.98±0.08 (O face) W/cm K. These are the highest κ values reported on ZnO. A correlation between SThM area-scan readings and surfacetopography was established by simultaneously performing atomic force microscopy scans. The influence of surface roughness on the effective thermal conductivity (i.e., heat flow) is discussed.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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