Optimal half-metal band structure for large thermoelectric performance

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Main Authors: Rahangiar, Finantius E. M., Cahaya, Adam B., Muntini, Melania S., Anshori, Isa, Hasdeo, Eddwi H.
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Published: 2023
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author Rahangiar, Finantius E. M.
Cahaya, Adam B.
Muntini, Melania S.
Anshori, Isa
Hasdeo, Eddwi H.
author_facet Rahangiar, Finantius E. M.
Cahaya, Adam B.
Muntini, Melania S.
Anshori, Isa
Hasdeo, Eddwi H.
contents Half-metal ferromagnets were predicted [in IEEE Trans. Mag. 51, 1 (2015)] to give large thermoelectric performance in anti-parallel spin valve configuration. Despite being metals that suffer from the Wiedemann-Franz law, the additional spin degrees of freedom allow for tuning of the thermoelectric properties due to the spin-valve enhancement factor (SVEF). We test this theory and find a mismatch of parameters that gives large TE performance and large SVEF. As a result, we show that the spin-valve setup is useful only for gapless HMF with initially poor TE performance. To obtain the largest TE performance, one still needs to open the band gap.
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spellingShingle Optimal half-metal band structure for large thermoelectric performance
Rahangiar, Finantius E. M.
Cahaya, Adam B.
Muntini, Melania S.
Anshori, Isa
Hasdeo, Eddwi H.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Half-metal ferromagnets were predicted [in IEEE Trans. Mag. 51, 1 (2015)] to give large thermoelectric performance in anti-parallel spin valve configuration. Despite being metals that suffer from the Wiedemann-Franz law, the additional spin degrees of freedom allow for tuning of the thermoelectric properties due to the spin-valve enhancement factor (SVEF). We test this theory and find a mismatch of parameters that gives large TE performance and large SVEF. As a result, we show that the spin-valve setup is useful only for gapless HMF with initially poor TE performance. To obtain the largest TE performance, one still needs to open the band gap.
title Optimal half-metal band structure for large thermoelectric performance
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.13140