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Main Authors: Park, Sang J., Keisuke, Hirata, Sepehri-Amin, Hossein, Ando, Fuyuki, Hirai, Takamasa, Uchida, Ken-ichi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08327
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author Park, Sang J.
Keisuke, Hirata
Sepehri-Amin, Hossein
Ando, Fuyuki
Hirai, Takamasa
Uchida, Ken-ichi
author_facet Park, Sang J.
Keisuke, Hirata
Sepehri-Amin, Hossein
Ando, Fuyuki
Hirai, Takamasa
Uchida, Ken-ichi
contents The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) enables thermoelectric conversion through thermally generated spin currents in magnetic materials, offering a promising transverse geometry for scalable devices. However, conventional SSE devices are confined to nanoscale thin-film architectures, with significantly restricted output power due to the intrinsic constraints of spin and magnon diffusion lengths. Here, we demonstrate a trans-scale SSE using nano-structured bulk composite materials composed of Pt-coated yttrium iron garnet (YIG) powders fabricated via dynamic powder sputtering and low-temperature sintering. The resulting three-dimensional composites exhibit continuous Pt channels and robust mechanical integrity. The effective electrical conductivity of the composites is 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than conventional thin-film-based YIG/Pt devices. Transverse thermoelectric measurements confirm isotropic SSE signals at the bulk scale. This work establishes a scalable platform for bulk SSE-based thermoelectrics, bridging nanoscale spin caloritronics with macroscopic device integration.
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spellingShingle Trans-scale spin Seebeck effect in nanostructured bulk composites based on magnetic insulator
Park, Sang J.
Keisuke, Hirata
Sepehri-Amin, Hossein
Ando, Fuyuki
Hirai, Takamasa
Uchida, Ken-ichi
Materials Science
The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) enables thermoelectric conversion through thermally generated spin currents in magnetic materials, offering a promising transverse geometry for scalable devices. However, conventional SSE devices are confined to nanoscale thin-film architectures, with significantly restricted output power due to the intrinsic constraints of spin and magnon diffusion lengths. Here, we demonstrate a trans-scale SSE using nano-structured bulk composite materials composed of Pt-coated yttrium iron garnet (YIG) powders fabricated via dynamic powder sputtering and low-temperature sintering. The resulting three-dimensional composites exhibit continuous Pt channels and robust mechanical integrity. The effective electrical conductivity of the composites is 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than conventional thin-film-based YIG/Pt devices. Transverse thermoelectric measurements confirm isotropic SSE signals at the bulk scale. This work establishes a scalable platform for bulk SSE-based thermoelectrics, bridging nanoscale spin caloritronics with macroscopic device integration.
title Trans-scale spin Seebeck effect in nanostructured bulk composites based on magnetic insulator
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08327