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Herewith, we review the available experimental data of thermoelectric transport properties of iron-based superconductors and parent compounds. We discuss possible physical mechanisms into play in determining the Seebeck effect, from whence…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-02 I. Pallecchi , F. Caglieris , M. Putti

We study the Nernst effect and the spin Nernst effect, that a longitudinal thermal gradient induces a transverse voltage and a spin current. A mesoscopic four-terminal cross-bar device having the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) under a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shu-guang Cheng , Yanxia Xing , Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

Thermal and thermoelectric measurements are known as powerful tools to uncover the physical properties of quantum materials due to their sensitivity towards the scattering and chirality of heat carriers. We use these techniques to confirm…

Based on the Boltzmann transport theory, we study the origin of the anomalous temperature dependence of the Nernst coefficient ($\nu$) due to the phonon-drag mechanism. For narrow-gap semiconductors, we find that there are two…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-27 Ryota Masuki , Takuya Nomoto , Ryotaro Arita

We consider the consequence of having nonreciprocal photon transfer between two surfaces with temperature gradient. We demonstrate that in a system consisting of graphene and a magneto-optical substrate separated by a gap, a transverse…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-26 Alireza Kalantari Dehaghi , Linxiao Zhu

Long-range order is destroyed in a superconductor warmed above its critical temperature (Tc). However, amplitude fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter survive and lead to a number of well established phenomena such as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 A. Pourret , H. Aubin , J. Lesueur , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , L. Berge , L. Dumoulin , K. Behnia

We report measurements of the Nernst effect and of the magneto-resistance of granular aluminum films near the metal to insulator transition. These films show sharp transitions as a function of temperature and magnetic field. At low…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-23 Shachar Lerer , Nimrod Bachar , Guy Deutscher , Yoram Dagan

We phenomenologically calculate the performance of the recently-observed Seebeck-driven transverse thermoelectric generation (STTG) for various systems in terms of the thermopower, power factor, and figure of merit to demonstrate the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-07-06 Kaoru Yamamoto , Ryo Iguchi , Asuka Miura , Weinan Zhou , Yuya Sakuraba , Yoshio Miura , Ken-ichi Uchida

The hot and dense hadronic medium formed during the heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Large Hadron Collider energies can show thermoelectric effects in the presence of temperature gradients and nonzero baryon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-30 Kamaljeet Singh , Kshitish Kumar Pradhan , Dushmanta Sahu , Raghunath Sahoo

We calculate the Nernst signal in disordered conductors with the chemical potential near the mobility edge. The Nernst effect originates from interference of itinerant and localised-carrier contributions to the thermomagnetic transport. It…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 A. S. Alexandrov , V. N. Zavaritsky

We analyze the effect of the tilt on the transverse thermoelectric coefficient of Weyl semimetals in the \emph{conformal} limit, i.e., zero temperature and zero chemical potential. Using the Kubo formalism, we find a nonmonotonic behavior…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Thorvald M. Ballestad , Alberto Cortijo , María A. H. Vozmediano , Alireza Qaiumzadeh

We discuss the thermoelectric effect of hot and dense hadron gas within the framework of the hadron resonance gas model. Using the relativistic Boltzmann equation within the relaxation time approximation we estimate the Seebeck coefficient…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-22 Arpan Das , Hiranmaya Mishra , Ranjita K. Mohapatra

Analogous to the Hall effect, the Nernst effect is the generation of a transverse voltage due to a temperature gradient in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. The Nernst effect has promise for thermoelectric applications and as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-20 T. Asaba , V. Ivanov , S. M. Thomas , S. Y. Savrasov , J. D. Thompson , E. D. Bauer , F. Ronning

How magnetism affects the Seebeck effect is an important issue widely concerned in the thermoelectric community yet remaining elusive. Based on a thermodynamic analysis of spin degrees of freedom on varied $d$-electron based ferro- and…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-15 Peijie Sun , K. Ramesh Kumar , Meng Lyu , Zhen Wang , Junsen Xiang , Wenqing Zhang

On the basis of the linear response transport theory, the general expressions for the thermoelectric transport coefficients, such as thermoelectric power (S), Nernst coefficient (\nu), and thermal conductivity (\kappa), are derived by using…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Hiroshi Kontani

The thermodynamics of irreversible processes in continuous media predicts the existence of a Magnetic Nernst effect that results from a magnetic analog to the Seebeck effect in a ferromagnet and magnetophoresis occurring in a paramagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Sylvain D. Brechet , Jean-Philippe Ansermet

We explore the nontrivial thermoelectric properties of two-dimensional topological systems. For the Chern insulator, we show that the Seebeck coefficient is fully determined by the Kelvin formula, while the Nernst coefficient vanishes. For…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 Z. Z. Alisultanov , E. G. Idrisov , A. V. Kavokin

A transverse thermoelectric generator for magnetic-field-free and high-density power generation utilizing the anomalous Nernst effect is constructed and its performance is characterized. By alternately stacking two different permanent…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-25 Fuyuki Ando , Takamasa Hirai , Ken-ichi Uchida

Topological Insulators are the best thermoelectric materials involving a sophisticated physics beyond their solid state and electronic structure. We show that exists a topological contribution to the thermoelectric effect that arise between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Daniel Baldomir , Daniel Faílde

The non-uniform current distribution arisen from either current crowding effect or hot spot effect provides a method to tailor the interaction between thermal gradient and electron transport in magnetically ordered systems. Here we apply…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Jiuming Liu , Bin Rong , Hua Bai , Xinqi Liu , Yanghui Liu , Yifan Zhang , Yujie Xiao , Yuzhen Liang , Qi Yao , Liyang Liao , Yumeng Yang , Cheng Song , Xufeng Kou