Kirigami structure, from the macro-to the nanoscale, exhibits distinct and tunable properties from original 2-dimensional sheet by tailoring. In present work, the extreme reduction of the thermal conductivity by tailoring sizes in graphene nanoribbon kirigami (GNR-k) is demonstrated using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The results show that the thermal conductivity of GNR-k (around 5.1 Wm-1K-1) is about two orders of magnitude lower than that of the pristine graphene nanoribbon (GNR) (around 151.6 Wm-1K-1), while the minimum value is expected to be approaching zero in extreme case from our theoretical model. To explore the origin of the reduction of the thermal conductivity, the micro-heat flux on each atoms of GNR-k has been further studied. The results attribute the reduction of the thermal conductivity to three main sources as: the elongation of real heat flux path, the overestimation of real heat flux area and the phonon scattering at the vacancy of the edge. Moreover, the strain engineering effect on the thermal conductivity of GNR-k and a thermal robustness property has been investigated. Our results provide physical insights into the origins of the ultralow and robust thermal conductivity of GNR-k, which also suggests that the GNR-k can be used for nanaoscale heat management and thermoelectric application.

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The performances of In0.65Ga0.35N single-junction solar cells with different structures, including various doping densities and thicknesses of each layer, have been simulated. It is found that the optimum efficiency of a In0.65Ga0.35N solar cell is 20.284% with 5 × 1017 cm−3 carrier concentration of the front and basic regions, a 130 nm thick p-layer and a 270 nm thick n-layer.

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