Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Applied Physics Année : 2026

Influence of electrical properties on thermal boundary conductance at metal/semiconductor interface

Rami Sheikh

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Recent experimental investigations have demonstrated that doping a semiconductor is a route to increase the thermal boundary conductance at metal/semiconductor interfaces. In this work, the influence of the electrical properties on heat transfer across metal/doped semiconductor junctions is investigated. Specifically, thermal boundary conductance at the interfaces between p- and n-doped silicon and titanium is measured by employing frequency-domain photothermal radiometry under varying external conditions. The influence of the doping level of the semiconductor, the barrier height, and the space charge area is analyzed. In particular, a 40% increase in the interface thermal conductance with the application of a current at n-doped silicon/titanium interfaces is reported. The enhancement of the thermal boundary conductance is explained by the shrinking of the surface charga area induced by the electric current. This study opens the way to modulating interfacial heat transfer at metal/semiconductor interfaces through fine tuning of electrical effects.

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hal-05468421 , version 1 (17-02-2026)

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Quentin Pompidou, Juan Carlos Acosta Abanto, M. Brouillard, Nicolas Bercu, L. Giraudet, et al.. Influence of electrical properties on thermal boundary conductance at metal/semiconductor interface. Journal of Applied Physics, 2026, 139 (2), pp.025302. ⟨10.1063/5.0303997⟩. ⟨hal-05468421⟩
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