Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 93, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.075150
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Funding
- NNSFC [11274013, 11274018]
- NBRP of China [2012CB921300]
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Thermoelectric transport in strongly spin-orbit coupled two-dimensional Rashba systems is studied using the exact solution of the linearized Boltzmann equation. Some unusual transport behaviors are revealed. We show that the electrical conductivity as a function of the Fermi energy is an element of(F) behaves differently between the two sides of the band crossing point (BCP). The deviation from the Mott relation occurs when is an element of(F) lies in the vicinity of the BCP and is attributed to the topological change of Fermi surface varying across the BCP. It is shown that the thermopower and thermoelectric figure of merit are strongly enhanced when is an element of(F) downs below the BCP. This enhancement is attributed to not only the one-dimensional-like density of state, but also the unconventional intraband elastic scattering below the BCP. The differences between these results and those obtained by the relaxation time approximation (RTA) are discussed in detail, revealing the necessity of going beyond the RTA in the considered system.
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