Colossal Seebeck coefficient of hopping electrons in (TMTSF)$_{2}$PF$_{6}$

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العنوان: Colossal Seebeck coefficient of hopping electrons in (TMTSF)$_{2}$PF$_{6}$
المؤلفون: Machida, Yo, Lin, Xiao, Kang, Woun, Izawa, Koichi, Behnia, Kamran
المصدر: Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 087003 (2016)
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
الوصف: We report on a study of Seebeck coefficient and resistivity in the quasi-one-dimensional conductor (TMTSF)$_{2}$PF$_{6}$ extended deep into the Spin-Density-Wave(SDW) state. The metal-insulator transition at $T_{SDW}$ = 12 K leads to a reduction in carrier concentration by seven orders of magnitude. Below 1 K, charge transport displays the behavior known as Variable Range Hopping (VRH). Until now, the Seebeck response of electrons in this regime has been barely explored and even less understood. We find that in this system, residual carriers, hopping from one trap to another, generate a Seebeck coefficient as large as 400 $k_{B}$/$e$. The results provide the first solid evidence for a long-standing prediction according to which hopping electrons in presence of Coulomb interaction can generate a sizeable Seebeck coefficient in the zero-temperature limit.
Comment: Final version
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087003
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01248
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1601.01248
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
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DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087003