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| author | Sheibani, Aida Paillard, Charles Pandit, Abhyian Haleoot, Raad Bellaiche, Laurent Hamad, Bothina |
| author_facet | Sheibani, Aida Paillard, Charles Pandit, Abhyian Haleoot, Raad Bellaiche, Laurent Hamad, Bothina |
| contents | First principle calculations are performed to investigate the effect of polar order strength on the thermoelectric (TE) properties of GeTe alloy in its rhombohedral structure. The variation in the polarization state using various ferroelectric distortions λ (λ=0,0.5,1.0,1.25,1.5) allows to change the thermoelectric properties to a large extent. The polar structure with a high polarization mode (λ=1.5) tends to show a higher TE efficiency than the cubic structure at high temperatures. Thus, polarization engineering may play a key role in designing efficient thermoelectric devices. In particular, high TE performances could be achieved by growing epitaxial GeTe films that bi-axially compress the directions perpendicular to the polar axis, which may help to tune the Curie temperature. |
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| spellingShingle | Effect of the polar distortion on the thermoelectric properties of GeTe Sheibani, Aida Paillard, Charles Pandit, Abhyian Haleoot, Raad Bellaiche, Laurent Hamad, Bothina Computational Physics First principle calculations are performed to investigate the effect of polar order strength on the thermoelectric (TE) properties of GeTe alloy in its rhombohedral structure. The variation in the polarization state using various ferroelectric distortions λ (λ=0,0.5,1.0,1.25,1.5) allows to change the thermoelectric properties to a large extent. The polar structure with a high polarization mode (λ=1.5) tends to show a higher TE efficiency than the cubic structure at high temperatures. Thus, polarization engineering may play a key role in designing efficient thermoelectric devices. In particular, high TE performances could be achieved by growing epitaxial GeTe films that bi-axially compress the directions perpendicular to the polar axis, which may help to tune the Curie temperature. |
| title | Effect of the polar distortion on the thermoelectric properties of GeTe |
| topic | Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.05301 |