Large Spin Nernst Effect in Ni70Cu30 Alloy
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| author | Li, Wen-Yuan Lin, Chia-Hsi Guo, Guang-Yu Huang, Ssu-Yen Qu, Danru |
| author_facet | Li, Wen-Yuan Lin, Chia-Hsi Guo, Guang-Yu Huang, Ssu-Yen Qu, Danru |
| contents | The interplay among heat, spin, and charge is the central focus in spin caloritronic research. While the longitudinal heat-to-spin conversion via the spin Seebeck effect has been intensively studied, the transverse heat-to-spin conversion via the spin Nernst effect (SNE) has not been equally explored. One major challenge is the minuscule signals generated by the SNE, which are often mixed with the background noises. In this work, we overcome this difficulty by studying the thin films of Ni70Cu30 alloy with not only a sizable spin Hall angle but also a large Seebeck coefficient. We observe in the Ni70Cu30 alloy a large spin Nernst effect with an estimated spin Nernst angle ranging from -28% to -72%. In comparison, the spin Nernst angle for Pt is -8.2%. Our ab initio calculation reveals that the large spin Nernst conductivity in Ni70Cu30 is caused by the Fermi energy shift to the steepest slope of the spin Hall conductivity curve due to electron doping from 30% Cu. Our study provides critical directions in searching for materials with a large spin Nernst effect. |
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| spellingShingle | Large Spin Nernst Effect in Ni70Cu30 Alloy Li, Wen-Yuan Lin, Chia-Hsi Guo, Guang-Yu Huang, Ssu-Yen Qu, Danru Materials Science The interplay among heat, spin, and charge is the central focus in spin caloritronic research. While the longitudinal heat-to-spin conversion via the spin Seebeck effect has been intensively studied, the transverse heat-to-spin conversion via the spin Nernst effect (SNE) has not been equally explored. One major challenge is the minuscule signals generated by the SNE, which are often mixed with the background noises. In this work, we overcome this difficulty by studying the thin films of Ni70Cu30 alloy with not only a sizable spin Hall angle but also a large Seebeck coefficient. We observe in the Ni70Cu30 alloy a large spin Nernst effect with an estimated spin Nernst angle ranging from -28% to -72%. In comparison, the spin Nernst angle for Pt is -8.2%. Our ab initio calculation reveals that the large spin Nernst conductivity in Ni70Cu30 is caused by the Fermi energy shift to the steepest slope of the spin Hall conductivity curve due to electron doping from 30% Cu. Our study provides critical directions in searching for materials with a large spin Nernst effect. |
| title | Large Spin Nernst Effect in Ni70Cu30 Alloy |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09882 |