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Anomalous Lorenz number in massive and tilted Dirac systems

Materials Science 2021-02-03 v1

Abstract

We analytically calculate the anomalous transverse electric and thermal currents in massive and tilted Dirac systems, using β \beta -borophene as a representative material, and report on conditions under which the corresponding Lorenz number (Lan)\left(\mathcal{L}_{an}\right) deviates from its classically accepted value (L0)\left(\mathcal{L}_{0}\right). 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 (σ)\left(\sigma\right) and thermal (κ)\left(\kappa\right) 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 Lan \mathcal{L}_{an} . The reported deviations from L0\mathcal{L}_{0} hold practical utility inasmuch as they allow an independent tuning of σ\sigma and κ \kappa , 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

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