Anomalous Lorenz number in massive and tilted Dirac systems
Abstract
We analytically calculate the anomalous transverse electric and thermal currents in massive and tilted Dirac systems, using -borophene as a representative material, and report on conditions under which the corresponding Lorenz number deviates from its classically accepted value . The deviations in the high-temperature regime are shown to be an outcome of the quantitative difference in the respective kinetic transport expressions for electric and thermal conductivity, and are further weighted through a convolution integral with a non-linearly energy-dependent Berry curvature that naturally arises in a Dirac material. In addition, the tilt and anisotropy of the Dirac system that are amenable to change via external stimulus are found to quantitatively influence . The reported deviations from hold practical utility inasmuch as they allow an independent tuning of and , useful in optimizing the output of thermoelectric devices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2009.00285,
title = {Anomalous Lorenz number in massive and tilted Dirac systems},
author = {Parijat Sengupta and Enrico Bellotti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.00285},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
4 pages; 5 figures