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Main Authors: Zhao, Hong Jian, Tao, Lingling, Fu, Yuhao, Bellaiche, Laurent, Ma, Yanming
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10186
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author Zhao, Hong Jian
Tao, Lingling
Fu, Yuhao
Bellaiche, Laurent
Ma, Yanming
author_facet Zhao, Hong Jian
Tao, Lingling
Fu, Yuhao
Bellaiche, Laurent
Ma, Yanming
contents The longitudinal nonreciprocal charge transport (NCT) in crystalline materials is a highly non-trivial phenomenon, motivating the design of next generation two-terminal rectification devices (e.g., semiconductor diodes beyond PN junctions). The practical application of such devices is built upon crystalline materials whose longitudinal NCT occurs at room temperature and under low magnetic field. However, materials of this type are rather rare and elusive, and theory guiding the discovery of these materials is lacking. Here, we develop such a theory within the framework of semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory. By symmetry analysis, we classify the complete 122 magnetic point groups with respect to the longitudinal NCT phenomenon. The symmetry-adapted Hamiltonian analysis further uncovers a previously overlooked mechanism for this phenomenon. Our theory guides the first-principles prediction of longitudinal NCT in multiferroic ε-Fe2O3 semiconductor that possibly occurs at room temperature, without the application of external magnetic field. These findings advance our fundamental understandings of longitudinal NCT in crystalline materials, and aid the corresponding materials discoveries.
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spellingShingle General theory for longitudinal nonreciprocal charge transport
Zhao, Hong Jian
Tao, Lingling
Fu, Yuhao
Bellaiche, Laurent
Ma, Yanming
Materials Science
The longitudinal nonreciprocal charge transport (NCT) in crystalline materials is a highly non-trivial phenomenon, motivating the design of next generation two-terminal rectification devices (e.g., semiconductor diodes beyond PN junctions). The practical application of such devices is built upon crystalline materials whose longitudinal NCT occurs at room temperature and under low magnetic field. However, materials of this type are rather rare and elusive, and theory guiding the discovery of these materials is lacking. Here, we develop such a theory within the framework of semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory. By symmetry analysis, we classify the complete 122 magnetic point groups with respect to the longitudinal NCT phenomenon. The symmetry-adapted Hamiltonian analysis further uncovers a previously overlooked mechanism for this phenomenon. Our theory guides the first-principles prediction of longitudinal NCT in multiferroic ε-Fe2O3 semiconductor that possibly occurs at room temperature, without the application of external magnetic field. These findings advance our fundamental understandings of longitudinal NCT in crystalline materials, and aid the corresponding materials discoveries.
title General theory for longitudinal nonreciprocal charge transport
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10186