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Journal Article
Strain-driven lone pair electron expression for thermal transport in BiCuSeO
2025
Overview
The stereochemical activity of lone-pair electrons critically influences lattice anharmonicity and thermal transport in crystals. However, traditional chemical substitution methods lack continuity and reversibility. We propose a strain-engineered bond angle distortion strategy in layered BiCuSeO to continuously modulate lone-pair electrons. Theoretically, tensile strain reduces the O-Bi-O bond angle, expands lone-pair electron spatial distribution, and decreases Bi-O bond charge overlap, intensifying Bi atom anharmonic vibrations. Furthermore, tensile strain induces reverse O atom vibrations and strong lattice dynamic disorder, lowering the phonon band gap and enhancing anharmonic phonon-phonon interactions and Umklapp scattering. Importantly, strain modulates lone-pair electron distribution and interaction strength without uniformly weakening long-range interatomic forces. As a result, 4% tensile strain reduces lattice thermal conductivity of BiCuSeO to 0.53 W/mK (54% decrease) at 300 K. This work establishes a multiscale framework linking strain, lone-pair electron behavior, and phonon dynamics, enabling robust and continuous control of thermal transport properties.
This study shows that tensile strain continuously tunes lone-pair expression in BiCuSeO, increases lattice disorder and phonon scattering, and lowers thermal conductivity, offering an effective approach to control heat transport in materials.
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Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
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