IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v15y2024i1d10.1038_s41467-024-53698-0.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Pressure-regulated rotational guests in nano-confined spaces suppress heat transport in methane hydrates

Author

Listed:
  • Chengyang Yuan

    (Dalian University of Technology
    Aalborg University)

  • Hongxiang Zong

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Hongsheng Dong

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lei Yang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Yufei Gao

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Zhen Fan

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lunxiang Zhang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Jiafei Zhao

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Yongchen Song

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • John S. Tse

    (University of Saskatchewan)

Abstract

Materials with low lattice thermal conductivity are essential for various heat-related applications like thermoelectrics, and usual approaches for achieving this rely on specific crystalline structures. Here, we report a strategy for thermal conductivity reduction and regulation via guest rotational dynamics and their couplings with lattice vibrations. By applying pressure to manipulate rotational states, we find the intensified rotor-lattice couplings of compressed methane hydrate MH-III can trigger strong phonon scatterings and phonon localizations, enabling an almost three-fold suppression of thermal conductivity. Besides, the disorder in methane rotational dynamics results in anharmonic interactions and nonlinear pressure-dependent heat transport. The overall guest rotational dynamics and heat conduction changes can be flexibly regulated by the rotor-lattice coupling strength. We further underscore that this reduction mechanism can be extended to a wide range of systems with different structures. The results demonstrate a potentially universal method for reducing or controlling heat transport by developing a hybrid system with tailored molecular rotors.

Suggested Citation

  • Chengyang Yuan & Hongxiang Zong & Hongsheng Dong & Lei Yang & Yufei Gao & Zhen Fan & Lunxiang Zhang & Jiafei Zhao & Yongchen Song & John S. Tse, 2024. "Pressure-regulated rotational guests in nano-confined spaces suppress heat transport in methane hydrates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-53698-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53698-0
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53698-0
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-024-53698-0?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Sangyeop Lee & Keivan Esfarjani & Tengfei Luo & Jiawei Zhou & Zhiting Tian & Gang Chen, 2014. "Resonant bonding leads to low lattice thermal conductivity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, May.
    2. Kiumars Aryana & Derek A. Stewart & John T. Gaskins & Joyeeta Nag & John C. Read & David H. Olson & Michael K. Grobis & Patrick E. Hopkins, 2021. "Tuning network topology and vibrational mode localization to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity in amorphous chalcogenides," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. T. H. Lee & S. R. Elliott, 2022. "Hypervalency in amorphous chalcogenides," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Kiumars Aryana & Yifei Zhang & John A. Tomko & Md Shafkat Bin Hoque & Eric R. Hoglund & David H. Olson & Joyeeta Nag & John C. Read & Carlos Ríos & Juejun Hu & Patrick E. Hopkins, 2021. "Suppressed electronic contribution in thermal conductivity of Ge2Sb2Se4Te," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Jinfeng Zhu & Qingyong Ren & Chen Chen & Chen Wang & Mingfang Shu & Miao He & Cuiping Zhang & Manh Duc Le & Shuki Torri & Chin-Wei Wang & Jianli Wang & Zhenxiang Cheng & Lisi Li & Guohua Wang & Yuxuan, 2024. "Vacancies tailoring lattice anharmonicity of Zintl-type thermoelectrics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Decheng An & Senhao Zhang & Xin Zhai & Wutao Yang & Riga Wu & Huaide Zhang & Wenhao Fan & Wenxian Wang & Shaoping Chen & Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin & Xian-Ming Zhang & Matthias Wuttig & Yuan Yu, 2024. "Metavalently bonded tellurides: the essence of improved thermoelectric performance in elemental Te," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    5. Kiumars Aryana & John A. Tomko & Ran Gao & Eric R. Hoglund & Takanori Mimura & Sara Makarem & Alejandro Salanova & Md Shafkat Bin Hoque & Thomas W. Pfeifer & David H. Olson & Jeffrey L. Braun & Joyeet, 2022. "Observation of solid-state bidirectional thermal conductivity switching in antiferroelectric lead zirconate (PbZrO3)," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-53698-0. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.