General Conditions for Axis Dependent Conduction Polarity
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| author | Chakraborty, Poulomi Skinner, Brian Zhu, Penghao |
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| contents | Axis-Dependent Conduction Polarity (ADCP) refers to the phenomenon in which electrical transport within a single material is p-type along one crystallographic direction and n-type along the perpendicular direction. This behavior enables a variety of thermoelectric applications that do not require a heterojunction between two different materials. In this work, we investigate ADCP theoretically and derive a set of generic and quantitative criteria for identifying and predicting materials that exhibit ADCP. Specifically, by analyzing the thermopower for generic metals, semimetals, and semiconductors, we obtain transparent inequalities that are both necessary and sufficient for the emergence of ADCP. Moreover, we review known ADCP materials and verify that their band-structure characteristics and relaxation parameters are consistent with the inequalities derived here. |
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| spellingShingle | General Conditions for Axis Dependent Conduction Polarity Chakraborty, Poulomi Skinner, Brian Zhu, Penghao Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Axis-Dependent Conduction Polarity (ADCP) refers to the phenomenon in which electrical transport within a single material is p-type along one crystallographic direction and n-type along the perpendicular direction. This behavior enables a variety of thermoelectric applications that do not require a heterojunction between two different materials. In this work, we investigate ADCP theoretically and derive a set of generic and quantitative criteria for identifying and predicting materials that exhibit ADCP. Specifically, by analyzing the thermopower for generic metals, semimetals, and semiconductors, we obtain transparent inequalities that are both necessary and sufficient for the emergence of ADCP. Moreover, we review known ADCP materials and verify that their band-structure characteristics and relaxation parameters are consistent with the inequalities derived here. |
| title | General Conditions for Axis Dependent Conduction Polarity |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18687 |