Thermopower in an anisotropic two-dimensional Weyl semimetal

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Hauptverfasser: Mandal, Ipsita, Saha, Kush
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author Mandal, Ipsita
Saha, Kush
author_facet Mandal, Ipsita
Saha, Kush
contents We investigate the generation of an electric current from a temperature gradient in a two-dimensional Weyl semimetal with anisotropy, in both the presence and absence of a quantizing magnetic field. We show that the anisotropy leads to doping dependences of thermopower and thermal conductivities which are different from those in isotropic Dirac materials. Additionally, we find that a quantizing magnetic field in such systems leads to an interesting magnetic field dependence of the longitudinal thermopower, resulting in unsaturated thermoelectric coefficients. Thus the results presented here will serve as a guide to achieving high thermopower and a thermoelectric figure-of-merit in graphene-based materials, as well as organic conductors such as $α$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$.
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spellingShingle Thermopower in an anisotropic two-dimensional Weyl semimetal
Mandal, Ipsita
Saha, Kush
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We investigate the generation of an electric current from a temperature gradient in a two-dimensional Weyl semimetal with anisotropy, in both the presence and absence of a quantizing magnetic field. We show that the anisotropy leads to doping dependences of thermopower and thermal conductivities which are different from those in isotropic Dirac materials. Additionally, we find that a quantizing magnetic field in such systems leads to an interesting magnetic field dependence of the longitudinal thermopower, resulting in unsaturated thermoelectric coefficients. Thus the results presented here will serve as a guide to achieving high thermopower and a thermoelectric figure-of-merit in graphene-based materials, as well as organic conductors such as $α$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$.
title Thermopower in an anisotropic two-dimensional Weyl semimetal
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.04952