Large, nonsaturating thermopower in a quantizing magnetic field

Skinner, Brian; Fu, Liang

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat2621

Title: Large, nonsaturating thermopower in a quantizing magnetic field

Journal Article · Fri May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat2621· OSTI ID:1499936

^[1]; Fu, Liang ^[1]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

The thermoelectric effect is the generation of an electrical voltage from a temperature gradient in a solid material due to the diffusion of free charge carriers from hot to cold. Identifying materials with a large thermoelectric response is crucial for the development of novel electric generators and coolers. We theoretically consider the thermopower of Dirac/Weyl semimetals subjected to a quantizing magnetic field. We contrast their thermoelectric properties with those of traditional heavily doped semiconductors and show that, under a sufficiently large magnetic field, the thermopower of Dirac/Weyl semimetals grows linearly with the field without saturation and can reach extremely high values. Our results suggest an immediate pathway for achieving record-high thermopower and thermoelectric figure of merit, and they compare well with a recent experiment on Pb_1–xSn_xSe.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Excitonics (CE). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299; SC0001088; SC0010526; FG02-09ER46577

OSTI ID:: 1499936

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 5; ISSN 2375-2548

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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