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Seebeck coefficient of two-dimensional Dirac electrons in an organic conductor under pressure

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The Seebeck coefficient, which is proportional to a ratio of the thermoelectric conductivity to electrical conductivity has been examined for Dirac electrons in the organic conductor $\alpha$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$ [BEDT-TTF denotes a… Click to show full abstract

The Seebeck coefficient, which is proportional to a ratio of the thermoelectric conductivity to electrical conductivity has been examined for Dirac electrons in the organic conductor $\alpha$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$ [BEDT-TTF denotes a molecule given by bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene] under a uniaxial pressure using a two-dimensional tight-binding model with both impurity and electron--phonon (e--p) scatterings. We calculate an anomalous temperature ($T$) dependence of the Seebeck coefficient $S_{\nu}$ with $\nu = x$ (perpendicular to the molecular stacking axis) and $y$, which shows $S_\nu>0$ with a maximum at high temperatures and $S_{\nu}<0$ with a minimum at low temperatures.The microscopic mechanism of such a sign change of $S_\nu$ is clarified in terms of the spectral conductivity. The result is compared with experiments on $\alpha$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$I$_3$.

Keywords: two dimensional; seebeck coefficient; organic conductor; electrons organic; dirac electrons

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2022

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