Evidence for energy-dependent scattering dominating thermoelectricity in heavy fermion systems
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| author | Goto, Daiki Kuga, Kentaro Tanaka, Kiyohisa Takeuchi, Tsunehiro Matsunami, Masaharu |
| author_facet | Goto, Daiki Kuga, Kentaro Tanaka, Kiyohisa Takeuchi, Tsunehiro Matsunami, Masaharu |
| contents | In the field of thermoelectric materials and devices, improving energy conversion efficiency remains a long-standing challenge. As a promising approach to address this issue, utilizing energy-dependent electron-scattering beyond the ordinary constant relaxation time approximation (CRTA) has been proposed. However, direct experimental evidence for an energy-dependent scattering reflected in the Seebeck coefficient is still lacking. Here we demonstrate using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy that the relaxation time of heavy fermion quasiparticles is highly dependent on the energy near the Fermi level. The observed energy dependence of the relaxation time is due to the coherent Kondo scattering, describing the sign of the Seebeck coefficient reasonably well, which cannot be deduced from CRTA. Our findings provide not only deeper insight into the understanding of thermoelectricity in correlated materials, but also future perspectives on possible orbital-selective engineering of thermoelectric materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Evidence for energy-dependent scattering dominating thermoelectricity in heavy fermion systems Goto, Daiki Kuga, Kentaro Tanaka, Kiyohisa Takeuchi, Tsunehiro Matsunami, Masaharu Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science In the field of thermoelectric materials and devices, improving energy conversion efficiency remains a long-standing challenge. As a promising approach to address this issue, utilizing energy-dependent electron-scattering beyond the ordinary constant relaxation time approximation (CRTA) has been proposed. However, direct experimental evidence for an energy-dependent scattering reflected in the Seebeck coefficient is still lacking. Here we demonstrate using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy that the relaxation time of heavy fermion quasiparticles is highly dependent on the energy near the Fermi level. The observed energy dependence of the relaxation time is due to the coherent Kondo scattering, describing the sign of the Seebeck coefficient reasonably well, which cannot be deduced from CRTA. Our findings provide not only deeper insight into the understanding of thermoelectricity in correlated materials, but also future perspectives on possible orbital-selective engineering of thermoelectric materials. |
| title | Evidence for energy-dependent scattering dominating thermoelectricity in heavy fermion systems |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24192 |