We study the thermoelectric properties of monolayers of MoS2 and other group-VI dichalcogenides under circularly polarized off-resonant light. Analytical expressions are derived for the Berry phase mediated magnetic moment, orbital magnetization, as well as thermal and Nernst conductivities. Tuning of the band gap by {\it off-resonant} light enhances the spin splitting in both the valence and conduction bands and, thus, leads to a dramatic improvement of the spin and valley thermoelectric properties.
@article{arxiv.1504.04772,
title = {Tunable thermoelectricity in monolayers of MoS$_{2}$ and other group-VI dichalcogenides},
author = {M. Tahir and U. Schwingenschlogl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04772},
year = {2015}
}